Police are investigating a scuffle between two men in Sangre Grande that ended in a fatal shooting.
The victim, David Nicholas Fields, 22, of Farm Road, Bois Bonde, Sangre Grande, died of his injuries at hospital.
Fields was speaking with another man around 6 pm in front of his home on Monday when a man dressed in blue and wearing a mask approached them. There was a scuffle after the suspect removed a cellphone and some cash from Fields’ pocket.
Three loud explosions were heard and the suspect fled the scene.
Fields was rushed to the Sangre Grande Hospital where he died.
Officers from the Sangre Grande CID and Eastern Division Task Force visited the scene and searched the surrounding area for the suspect but no one fitting the description was found.
The scene was processed by crime scene investigators but nothing of evidential value was found.
Officers from the Sangre Grande CID are continuing inquires.–RALPH BANWARIE