00:00There's a trend, not just in Tobago, but in Trinidad and Tobago, which I can speak of
00:05in terms of where we see the gangs targeting or focusing more on young persons.
00:14In the Tobago space, we have information of persons as young as 12 years old involved
00:22in that sort of activity, and this is becoming even more and more popular.
00:27Senior Superintendent of Police Earl Eli said these youths, ages 12 and up, are easily
00:34misled.
00:35He made reference to 15-year-old murder victim Barris Joseph, who was on the police wanted
00:41list, involved in illegal activities.
00:45Joseph's bullet-riddled body was found on January 4th on the roadway between Patience
00:51Hill and Black Rock.
00:52That particular 15-year-old, he wasn't what we would call a squeaky clean young man.
01:03He would have been involved in certain activities.
01:06I don't want to mention it, but he would have been involved in certain activities, unfortunately,
01:11and at that age, a young man is very impressionable.
01:16So imagine you take a firearm and place it in the hands of a young, impressionable guy
01:23who may not be thinking the way he should be thinking, and that creates a certain sense
01:29of false power.
01:32Officer Eli is calling on parents to do more.
01:35I know a lot of parents are doing what they are supposed to be doing, but still, the underworld
01:43are getting to our children.
01:45So we as parents and we as adults, we need to do a little bit more, we need to do something
01:50more because obviously what we're doing is not enough.
01:53Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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