T&T sailor gunned down at home

(Trinidad Express) A COAST GUARD able seaman/mechanic was shot dead on Friday night when three gunmen stormed a lime outside his home in Bourg Mulatresse, Santa Cruz, and opened fire, killing the sailor and injuring one of his friends.

In a separate incident early Saturday morning another man was stabbed to death during a fight outside a St James bar.

The killings brought the year’s murder toll to 365 up to last night.

The first victim, able seaman Kellon John, 34, was a mechanic with the Coast Guard.