00:00Two men were fatally shot by police officers during a confrontation in Sangre Grandi on Sunday evening.
00:07The deceased have been identified as Cheyenne Tran-Cosco and Enrique Garcia, a serving member of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment.
00:16Both men were from Kunapa Road in coal mine, Sangre Grandi.
00:19Around 6.37 p.m. on September 21st, members of the North Central Division Gang and Intelligence Unit intercepted a red Honda bezel in Jaraising Village
00:31after receiving intelligence that armed individuals were planning a robbery following the CPL cricket final.
00:38As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, its occupants allegedly opened fire.
00:43Police say they returned fire in self-defense, citing imminent danger and lack of cover.
00:50The occupants of the car sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to the Sangre Grandi Hospital.
00:56However, they were pronounced dead at 7.27 p.m.
01:00Crime scene officers recovered an AR-15 rifle loaded with 25 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition,
01:07along with several spent casings, live rounds, projectiles and fragments.
01:14The suspect's vehicle was towed to the Sangre Grandi police station.
01:18A team of officers led by ASP Russell and Sergeant Bash responded and visited the scene.
01:24However, Tran-Cosco's girlfriend says she does not believe the police reports
01:29as she did not know him to be involved in any illegal activities.
01:33As a result, she is calling for an investigation into the actions of the police officers.
01:47She said the two men were good friends.
01:49Yeah, they basically grew together because they live right next door.
01:53She says Cheyenne was a construction worker and had one daughter.
01:57She also says he was a loving person who did not deserve his fate.
02:01We had been like crawling and saying no one done, but he was a very loving person.
02:06He was a loving father, a loving son to his mother and to his brother.
02:10The grieving woman told TV6 News that the couple had plans to fly out in October.
02:15We had plans we were supposed to fly out in October for my vacation because it was our anniversary
02:21and his birthday the month after, some days after October.
Be the first to comment