Po­lice in­tend to in­crease se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures in Bel­mont, even as in­ves­ti­ga­tors con­tin­ue in­quiries in­to the mur­ders of two men in the com­mu­ni­ty on Sat­ur­day night.

Po­lice said Steven Chu­niesingh, 18, and Ian Thomas, 54, were gunned down on Collins Road at 11.15 pm.

Chu­niesingh’s body was found on the street, while Thomas’ body was found in the front pas­sen­ger side seat of a sil­ver pick-up.

Chu­niesingh was from Tumpuna Road, Ari­ma, while Thomas was from Charu­ma Vil­lage, Biche.

Dur­ing a po­lice me­dia TTPS brief­ing yes­ter­day, ACP North-West and Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Richard Smith said Homi­cide in­ves­ti­ga­tors were work­ing close­ly with of­fi­cers from the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion, North­ern Di­vi­sion North and East­ern Di­vi­sion to share in­for­ma­tion on po­ten­tial leads. He not­ed that of­fi­cers were work­ing on a “the­o­ry” but did not di­vulge fur­ther in­for­ma­tion.

The mur­ders of Chu­niesingh and Thomas brought the num­ber of per­sons killed in Bel­mont to four for the year thus far.

Asked if any fur­ther re­sources would be added to strength­en the po­lice pres­ence in Bel­mont, Smith said they would in­ten­si­fy op­er­a­tions in the area and main­tained po­lice were do­ing their best to sup­press crime.

“Any mur­der is too much for us. We know we are in an SoE and per­sons would ex­pect there would be no mur­ders, we ex­pect that as well, but they are hap­pen­ing. We are try­ing out best,” Smith said.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but we are work­ing as­sid­u­ous­ly in get­ting there as it re­lates to mur­ders and oth­er vi­o­lent crimes.”

Rel­a­tives who showed up at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, for Chu­niesingh’s au­top­sy yes­ter­day, de­clined to speak with me­dia.

Po­lice from the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions Re­gion I are con­tin­u­ing en­quiries in­to both mur­ders.