(Trinidad Guardian) The escalating murder spree continued on Saturday night into yesterday, as three more people lost their lives by the gun. These killings took the toll for the year to 311. In one incident, a man walked into a Moruga bar pretending to be a customer, ordered two beers and then shot proprietor Daryl Boodoo to death on Saturday night.
Boodoo’s murder has plunged his hometown at La Rufin Road into sadness and has left relatives and villages baffled as to why anyone would want him dead.
Boodoo, who was expecting his first baby, was in his business place, Marva’s Bar, around 7.30 pm when the man walked in and ordered the beers. As Boodoo placed the beers on the counter, however, the “customer” drew a gun and opened fire on him, striking him in the chest.
The assailant then got into a silver Toyota Aqua, which sped off.
On hearing the loud explosions, Boodoo’s cousin went to check on him and found him lying in a pool of blood clutching a pack of biscuits in his left hand.
He was taken to the Princes Town District Health Facility, where he died around 8.30 pm.
Boodoo operated the business place, a bar and mini mart, which belonged to his deceased parents, downstairs his home.
When Guardian Media visited the home yesterday, relatives said their lawyer had advised them not to speak to the media. However, one relative who was crying described him as a very nice, quiet and generous person.
“He was a people’s person,” she said. Those sentiments were shared by other villagers in the community.
“If you short (of money) or if you not short, he still giving you (items). He was a real nice fellah. The whole community sad, everybody,” a villager, who did not want to be named, said.
Hoping that they will get justice, she lamented that Boodoo did not deserve to die in that manner.
Boodoo was expecting his first child in about two months. This is the second tragedy for the family this year, as his sister died two months ago. The police retrieved CCTV camera footage, as well as two spent 40- calibre casings at the scene. Up to last evening, they were still trying to determine a motive. Officers from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region 3 are investigating.
