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The probe continues into the fatal police shooting of Elijah Issac in Laventille.

Mr. Issac was 18-years-old.

The incident occurred in the Rose Hill area at around 1am yesterday.

Reports say officers of the Inter-Agency Strike Force were patrolling the area when they saw a man acting suspiciously.

They say as they called out to him and he opened fire.

The officers say they responded with equal force hitting Mr. Issac several times.

He was rushed to hospital by the officers but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Officers say they recovered a point 45-Caliber pistol at the scene.

Ten more people have died of the coronavirus.

They are 5 elderly men, 1 elderly woman, 2 middle aged men and 2 middle aged women.

The death toll is now 3,433.

Two of the deaths occurred in Tobago, which has now recorded a tally of 233 fatalities linked to the corona deaths.

The Health Ministry says there are 638 additional new cases of COVID-19 increasing total cases to 113,317.

Tobago recorded 29 new cases bringing its total infections to 405.

Active cases nationally number 19,816.

Three hundred and seventy three positive patients are hospitalised.

Eighteen thousand six hundred and ninety nine patients are in home self-isolation.

Friends and relatives of Keithisia Cudjoe remember her as a loving and warm young woman and they are still wondering why her short life came to such a brutal end.

They held a candle light vigil in her memory at upper Belmont Valley Road on Wednesday night.

The young woman’s body was found at the bottom of a precipice in the Heights of Aripo one week ago.

Her close friend Whitney Matthews said she couldn’t believe she is eulogising Keithisia.

Ms. Matthews then prayed for women and their violators.

Friends identified Twenty-year-old Ms. Cudjoe’s body 3 days after it was found by a beekeeper.

Forty-four-year-old Samuel Weekes has been charged with human trafficking and rape.

The alleged gang leader was arrested at the Piarco International Airport trying to leave for Colombia.

In a statement yesterday the police service said Mr. Weekes was trying to board a Copa Airlines flight to Panama and then to Colombia.

On Wednesday he appeared before a Chaguanas Magistrate and was remanded until February 7^th.

Police said his arrest followed ongoing human trafficking investigations, which resulted in 27 women from Latin America being rescued on Old Years Day last year.

According to the police several agencies and officers were involved in the investigations.

After consultations with the director of public prosecutions charges were laid.

Acting Police Commissioner, McDonald Jacob says Mr. Weekes of Duke Street in Port of Spain was wanted based on intelligence gathered.

He says Mr. Weekes was allegedly involved in a high level criminal enterprise.

Maxi Taxi Concessionaires say they will not be providing their services to the Ministry of Education, not until school reopens in full.

President Rodney Ramlogan explains that it is just not feasible for the group to continue.

Mr. Ramlogan says most of his members have been on the breadline for the past 2 years and the COVID-19 pandemic has not made things any better.

Yesterday Mr. Ramlogan said operators are scared of the many unanswered questions by the Ministry.

Speaking with Newscenter 5, Mr. Ramlogan further pointed fingers at the management of the Public Transportation Service Corporation.

The Minister of Education is on a Cabinet retreat and is therefore not available.

With renewed calls for access to pepper spray, the Attorney General Faris Al Rawi said yesterday it is closer to becoming reality.

The Firearms Bill was amended in 2021 to allow for the importation, sale, manufacturing and distribution of pepper spray.

The TTPS is to grant permission for possession.

Mr. Al Rawi told TV6 yesterday government is working on other pieces of legislation to protect the most vulnerable in the country.

Police are now looking for a man believed to have shot and killed Salina Mohammed.

The 40-year-old mother of 2 was shot while in her vehicle close to her Coconut Drive Green Acres home in San Fernando yesterday morning.

It is reported, shortly after leaving her home Ms. Mohammed was flagged down by a man in a silver vehicle.

She stopped; the man got out of the vehicle and fired 3 shots at close range.

Ms. Mohammed died on the spot.

The woman’s wallet containing her identification card and other items was found nearby.

The community of Coconut Drive is shaken by the murder.

Opposition Senator, Jayanti Lutchmedial lives on the same street.

She told reporters the area is usually very quiet.

Senator Lutchmedial said there is need for more working CCTV cameras in communities and tools for self-protection.

Ms. Mohammed’s husband was said to be too distraught to talk to reporters after the incident yesterday.