Chased down the street, Trinidad woman shot and killed

Killed: Rachel Mohammed
Killed: Rachel Mohammed

(Trinidad Express) Rachel Mohammed, the woman shot on Dookiesingh Street, St Augustine, on Saturday night while liming with her friend, has died.

Mohammed, 30, was from Benny Lane, off Dookiesingh Street.

She succumbed to her injuries at 10.10am on Sunday at the Mt Hope Hospital. Mt Hope.

As a result an autopsy is expected to be performed today at the Forensic Science Center in St James as part of the investigative process into her killing.

Mohammed was shot at about 11.20p.m. on Saturday, while in the company of Susan Ramkissoon, 43.

Police said minutes before being shot, the women were standing on the roadway when a masked man, who was also wearing dark clothing, approached them and opened fire.

The attacker ran south along Dookiesingh Street and got into a white station wagon which sped off.

Relatives and friends of both women took them to the Medical Complex.

Ramkissoon was treated for gunshots to her buttocks, while Mohammed was treated for gunshots to the abdomen and leg.