T&T Woman’s murder pushes toll to 279

AN 47-year-old woman was shot and killed during the early hours of yesterday morning while outside her Arima home. The woman has since been identified as Yvette Baptiste of Pinto Road. Police did not release the circumstances surrounding the shooting, nor was a motive immediately established.

Her murder has taken the country's murder toll for the year so far to 279 compared to 303 for the corresponding period last year. Police said the shooting took place around 4 p.m., just minutes after Baptiste exited her home.

She was shot a number of times and died on the spot. Crime scene investigators reportedly recovered a number of bullet casings at the scene. Officers of the Region Two Homicide Bureau of Investigations are continuing enquiries into the killing.