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T&T police killings in 2014

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NEARLY 50 PEOPLE were shot and killed by police in Trinidad and Tobago in 2014.

This is according to a list compiled by the Express newspaper which shows 46 incidents, starting on January 10 and ending on December 28.

The record year for police killings was 2010 with 49, according to the paper.

The report also also states that more than 500 illegal firearms were seized and removed from the streets following police exercises. An estimated 75 per cent of the 404 murders reported for the year were committed via the use of firearms, it adds.

Several of those killings remain under investigation, while the details of others have not been released to the public.

The full list is below.

1. Janus Alfonso, 28, was shot and killed in Chaguanas by police officers attached to the Central Division on January 10, 2014.

2. Walcott Ali, 51, was shot and killed in Barataria by police officers attached to the Rapid Response Unit on January 11, 2014.

3. Nicholas Sylvester, 19, was shot and killed in Chaguanas by police officers attached to the Central Division on January 20, 2014.

4. Kevon Charles, 26, was shot and killed in Mayaro by police officers attached to the Mayaro Police Station on January 31, 2014.

5. Akeem Price, 22, was shot and killed in Tobago by police officers attached to the Moriah Police Station on February 4, 2014.

6. Anthony Hepburn aka Samba, 29, was shot and killed in Claxton Bay by police officers attached to the Central Division on February 11, 2014.

7, 8. Junior Noel, 31 and Anderson Deo, 22, were shot and killed in Freeport by police officers attached to the Central Division on February 14, 2014.

9. Jeremy Inniss, 19, was shot and killed in Gonzales by police officers attached to the Belmont Operational Unit on March 10, 2014.

10. Adrian Charles, 24, was shot and killed in Laventille by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on March 18, 2014.

11, 12. Satrohan Ramhanie, 22, and Anthony Hospedales, 18, were shot and killed in Freeport by police officers attached to the Central Division on March 26, 2014.

13, 14. Jerome Clunis aka Cookie, 23, and Gilbert Browne aka Gaza, 25, were shot and killed in Morvant by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on March 27, 2014.

15. Naim Dean, 21, was shot and killed in Glencoe by police officers attached to the Rapid Response Unit on April 11, 2014.

16. Roy Thomas aka Malcom, 29, was shot and killed in Claxton Bay by police officers attached to the Southern Division Task Force on May 1, 2014.

17. Chandrabhose Samaroo, 32, was shot and killed in Biche by police officers attached to the Sangre Grande Task Force on May 5, 2014.

18. Anthony Amogan aka Tonic, 43, was shot and killed in Caroni by police officers attached to the Central Division on May 9, 2014.

19. Antonio Swan, 21, was shot and killed in Couva by police officers attached to the Central Division on May 13, 2014.

20. Nigel Long, 35, was shot and killed in Diego Martin by police officers attached to the Western Division on May 13, 2014.

21. Dillon Mason, 20, was shot and killed in Carapichaima by police officers attached to the Central Division on May 21, 2014.

22. Jerome Cross aka Box, 27, was shot and killed in San Juan by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on May 22, 2014.

23. Joel Apparicio, 31, was shot and killed in San Juan by a police officer on May 22, 2014.

24. Chakiulle McCoy, 21, was shot and killed in Morvant by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on June 5, 2014.    

25, 26. Tevin Alexander, 15, & Hakeem Alexander, 16, were shot and killed in Morvant by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on June 9, 2014.

27. Jerome West, was shot in Belmont by police officers attached to the Belmont Police Station on June 13, 2014. He was found dead hours later in a cemetery in Belmont.

28, 29. Abba Diaz, 25, and Christian Asby, were shot and killed in Santa Cruz by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on June 19, 2014.

30. Kishawn Daniel aka Limit, 19, was shot and killed in Laventille by police officers attached to the Inter-Agency Task Force on June 21, 2014.

31. Jamel Charles, 34, was shot and killed in El Socorro by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on July 27, 2014.

32. Marcus Noel, 19, was shot and killed on Park Street in PoS by police officers attached to the Central Police Station on July 27, 2014.

33, 34. Beresford Asson, and Glen Bernard, 28, were shot and killed in Freeport by police officers attached to the Central Division on August 14, 2014. 

35, 36 & 37, Devon Baker, 28, Kareem Edwards, 19 & Reuben Richins, 23, were shot and killed in Freeport by police officers attached to the North Eastern Division Task Force on August 19, 2014.

38. Kerron Wellington, 27, was shot in Laventille on September 11, 2014 by police officers attached to the Port of Spain Task Force and succumbed to his injuries later that day at the Port of Spain General Hospital.

39. Ricardo Mohammed, 17, was shot and killed in Chaguaramas by a police officer on September 28, 2014.

40. Nicholas Caines aka Bago, was shot and killed in Laventille by police officers on October 25, 2014.

41. Kwasi De Coteau, 30, was shot and killed in Couva by police officers attached to the Central Division on November 3, 2014.

42. Marcus Noel, 17, was shot and killed in St Augustine by police officers attached to the Northern Division Task Force on November 4, 2014.

43. Ray Phillips aka Fathead, 20, was shot and killed in Diego Martin by police officers attached to the Western Division Task Force on November 20, 2014.

44. Ramon Mathlin, 37, was shot and killed in Arima by police officers attached to the Arima Crime Patrol Unit on December 1, 2014.

45. Kervon Noel Joseph, 24, was shot and killed in San Fernando by police officers attached to the San Fernando CID/Task Force on December 5, 2014

46.  Keldeon Charles, shot and killed in Sangre Grande by officers of the Eastern Division on December 16, 2014.

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