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A vehicular accident claims the life of one man in Chaguanas.

He has been identified as Jesse John.

He was 32-years-old.

Reports say the tragedy took place at the Charlieville Walkover around 1:20am this morning.

Newscenter 5 understands Mr. John was driving his blue colored Honda Civic motorcar when he lost control and slammed into a concrete post.

The vehicle then burst into flames.

Fire officers and the police were called to the scene.

Upon arrival they found Mr. John’s lifeless body in the car.

Fire officers had to use the Jaws of Life to extract his body from the wreckage.

Officer of the Chaguanas Police Station are continuing investigations.

Former Acting Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob is among those contending to be appointed as the next head of the service.

And National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds says the name of the next Commissioner of Police will be known by months end.

Mr. Jacob bid farewell to the service on the weekend at the end of his vacation.

Reports since surfaced that Mr. Jacob, who turned 61 while on vacation, ceased being a serving member of the TTPS as of midnight on Friday.

Minister Hinds yesterday said he may not have seen his last days of service.

Acting Police Commissioner Earla Christopher now heads the police service.

Mr. Hinds was speaking on the Eye On Dependency program on i95.5fm yesterday

And Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley thanks Mr. Jacob for his service.

The murder of 3 teenagers shakes a community of Dabadie, Arima

According to police, the victims, all males, were gunned down just before 5pm yesterday.

Head of the Northern Division Senior Supt Kerwin Francis gave Newscenter 5 an account of the situation. 

Following a visit to the scene Senior Supt. Francis told parents gangs are out to snatch their children.

Meanwhile in central 2 men were killed within hours of each other yesterday.

The identities of the men have been given as Juma Aberdeen and Marvin Prescott.

Both men were 27-years-old.

At 7:30am residents of Palm Drive Kelly Village heard gunshots.

Police were called and Mr. Prescott’s bullet riddled body was found on the ground.

Another man was also wounded and was taken to the Chaguanas District Hospital.

Thirty spent shells were found at the scene.

In the other shooting Mr. Abadeen was found in a pool of blood at African Grounds in Enterprise.

That discovery was made at around noon.

Mr. Aberdeen died at the scene before the paramedics arrived.

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says government is to have discussions with the population on crime.

He says these talks will begin in early March.

Dr. Rowley made the comment as he visited the site of the Ministry of Works and Transport’s Road Rehabilitation program of works at Morne Coco Road, Diego Martin yesterday.

Dr. Rowley also called on people who know of wrong doing to report criminality to the police.

Dr. Rowley also said law enforcement authorities are also stepping up their crime fighting skills.

Nigel De Freitas is the new President of the Senate.

He replaces Cristine Kangaloo who resigned from the post yesterday.

Ms. Kangaloo is the government’s nominee for President of the Republic

This morning Vice President of the Senate Dr Muhammed Yunis Ibrahim confirmed Ms. Kangaloo’s resignation and opened the floor for nominations for Senate President.

Nigel De Freitas was a Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture

Also appointed to the government bench in the Senate earlier, was Chaguanas Chamber President Rishie Sookai

Mr. Sookai is to resign from the Chamber.

And while Senator Sookai was able to take his oath the Opposition in the Upper House was not able to get a temporary Senator sworn in.

The person who was waiting to take her oath was to temporarily replace David Nakhid who is out of the country.

Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Wade Mark expressed concerns saying the temporary Senator’s instruments were deposited but she was not sworn in.

He called for an explanation from the newly minted President of the Senate.

Mr. De Freitas said the situation is no fault of the Parliament.

A baby 4-months-old has been found dead on a bed at his Siparia home.

Junior Jose Rojas Villarroel was pronounced dead by a District Medical Officer on Monday.

It is reported that a female relative was looking after Baby Junior whilst his mother worked at a car wash in Gulf View La Romaine.

Police say the child was fed a bottle and put to sleep but 2 hours later his caregiver noticed he was not breathing.

The relative contacted the Emergency Medical Services.

Investigators say Junior’s body bore no marks of violence and foul play has so far been ruled out.

A vehicle sale transaction, which originated on Facebook, results in a police shootout and the deaths of 2 men.

The names of the deceased have not yet been revealed.

Unknowing to the men offering the vehicle for sale, they were the targets of a police sting operation.

The covert maneuver was aimed at apprehending suspects believed to be using social media sites to lure unsuspecting victims to locations and then robbing them.

Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Northeastern Division Sr. Supt. Wayne Mystar described yesterday’s scene as lethal.

Police say 2 officers pretended to be interested in purchasing a car valued at $25,000.

The entire transaction, which was set up via Facebook Marketplace, saw the suspects instructing the buyers to come to 11^th Street and 10^th Avenue, Barataria to meet at 12noon.

The 3 suspects reportedly parked their white B13 car at the corner of 10^th Street and 10^th Avenue, following which 2 suspects got out and walked the block to meet the potential buyers.

It is alleged that as the 2 suspects were talking to the officers about the purchase, the suspects attempted to rob the undercover officers.

Comments have been pouring in on the TTPS’ social media pages.

Members of the public and senior police officers have praised the officers for their good work.

Murders in St. Augustine, Morvant, Las Lomas and Petit Valley are now being probed.

In the most recent incident Jason Anthony Cudjoe was shot dead at St. John’s Road, St. Augustine. 

According to reports 46-year-old year old Mr. Cudjoe was on the taxi stand at around 4pm yesterday when 4 armed men got out of a Nissan Tiida and shot him multiple times.

The assailants remain at large.

Police are yet to determine a motive since Mr. Cudjoe was not known to them or known to be affiliated with gang activity.

Meanwhile before Mr. Cudjoe’s killing, at around 2pm, one man was shot along Red Hill Road in Morvant.

Residents of the area say they heard gunshots and, upon investigating, found the man bleedings from gunshot wounds.

The man was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.

The victim is identified only as Tyrone alias “Wackaman”.

And an unidentified man was found dead in Mahica, Las Lomas yesterday morning.

The man’s corpse was discovered at about 10am.

Police say there were several chop wounds about the head and body.

And on Wednesday night 64-year-old Farell Toussaint was fatally shot while in a car with other relatives.

Mr. Toussaint was a resident of Cameron Hill in Petit Valley.

Police say Mr. Toussaint was not the intended target.

The Head of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations of the TTPS says suspects have been found in relation to the death of 6-year-old Kylie Maloney.

Sr. Supt. Rishi Singh made the announcement during a police media briefing yesterday.  

An autopsy yesterday confirmed that Kylie died from a single gunshot wound to her chest.

Sr. Supt. Singh said, last year the police solved 100 murders, of which 75 had been committed that year; translate to a 13% detection rate.

He said gang members are out to make a name for themselves and children are in the line of fire.

Kylie was shot dead after gunmen stormed her relatives’ home at Blake Avenue, Sangre Grande, on Sunday morning.

Meanwhile Sr. Supt. Claire Guy-Alleyne calls on parents to exercise caution when exposing children to adults.

Mrs. Guy-Alleyne is the head of the Special Victims Unit of the TTPS.