18-year-old woman gunned in front her home in Trinidad

Killed: Mariah Neptune
Killed: Mariah Neptune

(Trinidad Express) Police are trying to find out why Mariah Neptune was shot and killed in Tunapuna on Thursday night.

At around 1030p.m. she was standing in her front yard at Macoya Settlement, when two men walked up.

Both began shooting her.

Neptune was struck by a bullet in the chest.

The men ran away.

Neptune was taken to the Mt Hope Hospital.

She died at around 1050p.m.

Police recovered several spent shells at the scene.