Trinidad state witness shot dead

Jehlano "Lano" Romney
Jehlano “Lano” Romney

(Trinidad Guardian) State witness Jehlano “Lano” Romney has been shot and killed in Morvant.

 

The 28-year-old man was killed just before 10 pm at the Coconut Drive home of a relative.

 

Video footage of Romney lying in a pool of blood with several gunshot wounds surfaced on social media.

 

Romney of Upper Rich Plain Road Diego Martin is a state witness in the killing of PC Clarence Gilkes.

 

Romney was initially accused of the killing but was later exonerated after an autopsy and ballistics testing ruled that Gilkes died from police gunfire.