00:00Homicide officers say they are actively pursuing multiple leads in the country's
00:05first triple murder for the year, which occurred in Arima on Saturday night.
00:09Ansel James, his sister Anissia James and her common-law husband Mitchell
00:15Francois were shot and killed at their La Retreat extension home in Guanapo,
00:20Arima after two gunmen stormed the house. A six-year-old boy was also shot and
00:25injured during the attack. While investigators continue to try to
00:29determine a concrete motive for the killings, none of the suspects wanted in
00:34connection with the shooting have been apprehended by police who have vowed to
00:38leave no stone unturned in their investigation to find the killers.
00:43Sources believe Francois may have been the target of the attack as a previous
00:47attempt had been made on his life. And a firearm and ammunition have been seized
00:53in police operations in Tunapuna and Sangre Grandi. On Sunday at about 7.15
00:59p.m., officers received information which led them to a bushy area of first
01:04trace Mango Road, Tunapuna. A search of the area led to the discovery of a
01:09concealed plastic bag containing one silver and brown revolver and nine
01:14rounds of ammunition. In a separate operation, the Sangre Grandi criminal
01:17investigation department conducted a search of the home of a 33-year-old man
01:23of Bonaire Road, Cunaripo, Sangre Grandi. Their officers found several rounds of
01:28ammunition and one brown 12-gauge shotgun. Also, police arrested five
01:33suspects and seized a quantity of cannabis trees and seedlings during an
01:38anti-crime exercise in the Southwestern Division yesterday. Officers seized 107
01:44seedlings and 17 mature cannabis trees at a home on Beach Road, Palo Seco. Three
01:51suspects between the ages of 24 and 43 years were held and two men ages 30 and
01:5850 were also arrested as persons of interest. Central Division officers
02:03arrested two suspects and seized a quantity of ammunition on Sunday. The
02:07operation took officers to a home at River Branch Road, Kelly Village, Kearney
02:12where they seized one extended 9-millimeter magazine loaded with 21
02:16rounds of .9-millimeter ammunition, one empty 9-millimeter magazine, three boxes
02:23containing 116 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition, one box containing 31 rounds
02:29of 5.56 ammunition, seven AR-15 rifle disconnectors, five AR-15 hammers with
02:36springs, three AR-15 trigger mechanism with springs, six trigger pins and one
02:43AR-15 stabilizer.
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