00:00Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
00:09Inconsolable. The grief too much to bear for a relative of one of four persons shot dead last night in
00:15Nova.
00:16Among the dead was little nine-year-old Jelena Armstrong.
00:20The others were identified as 23-year-old Obetei Latif, Asim Armstrong and 20-year-old Chelsea Edwards.
00:27Investigators say the group had visited Harry's Water Park in Tabakit and was returning home around 7.15pm in this
00:34Red Lancer
00:34when the vehicle pulled alongside them on Lady Young Road in Movar near the walkover and gunmen opened fire.
00:41The driver of the Lancer later lost control and crashed into another vehicle as the gunmen sped off.
00:47Investigators say all the victims were shot multiple times and said the hit was not only targeted but believed to
00:53have been gang-related.
00:54Police say they recovered over 35.56 shells and 59mm shells at the scene.
01:00President of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Bonds Association, Mark Ion, said he was deeply hurt by the killing of
01:06nine-year-old Jelena Armstrong.
01:09In a social media post today, Ion said the nation had failed the child whom he described as bright, kind
01:15and full of life.
01:16Ion said from the moment he met her, she stood out as quote-unquote junior queen and had become like
01:21family through their shared mass camp community.
01:24Police say the suspects in a quadruple murder remain at large.
01:28Mark Bessant, TV6 News.
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