Condolences to the family.
Trinidad GuardianTwo killings mar ‘Arrival’ weekend
Camille Clarke
Published: 2 Jun 2009
Camille Clarke
Two men were killed in separate incidents between Sunday and yesterday in Carenage and Beetham. Kwasi Hyland, brother of national footballer, Khaleem Hyland, was shot dead on Sunday while liming at Haig Street, Carenage. The body of Patrick Bynoe, 41, was discovered yesterday morning at 15th Street in Beetham.
Police said Hyland, 24, of Carenage was approached by a gunman around 8.30 pm, who opened fire on him. He was shot several times about the body. Detectives said Hyland had been a member of the gang City of God and had also been affiliated with other Carenage gangs in the past. They said Hyland was “well known” to the police.
In the second incident, Bynoe’s body was discovered by residents in Beetham Gardens around 1.30 am yesterday. Detectives said Bynoe was shot several times about the body. They said the two deaths were gang-related. Up to late yesterday evening, there were no arrests in any of the killings.
TT Newsday3 more murders
By RHONDOR DOWLAT and RALPH BANWARIE Tuesday, June 2 2009
THREE murders between Sunday night and yesterday morning have sent the murder toll so far this year to 227.
According to police, the brother of a member of the Soca Warriors football team; a Beetham man and a 60-year-old man who was forced to live in his car, were all murdered in unrelated incidents within a 12-hour period.
No arrests have been made in the three murders and Homicide Investigations Bureau detectives are continuing investigations. The following is the report on the murders listed in chronological order:
Footballer’s brother gunned down
Kwasi Hyland, 25, brother of TT Soca Warrior midfielder Khaleem Hyland was gunned down near his home in Carenage on Sunday night moments before he was to attend a christening.
According to a police report, at about 8.30 pm, Hyland was sitting on a curb at Upper Big Yard when he was approached by a man who pointed a gun at him and opened fire.
Hyland attempted to run down the hill but collapsed in a neighbour’s yard close to a fish tank where he bled to death. Police said Hyland was waiting for time to pass before attending the christening party.
Investigators are yet to determine a motive for the killing but revealed that Hyland had several court matters pending. Khaleem who celebrates his 20th birthday on Friday and was currently training at Le Gran Courlan in Tobago for Saturday’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, made a hasty return to Trinidad yesterday to be with his family in their time of grief.
TT Football Federation Media Officer Shaun Fuentes said Khaleem was released from camp and given sufficient time to spend with his family. Fuentes added that Khaleem was expected back in Tobago in time for Saturday’s game. At the Forensic Science Centre in St James yesterday, Khaleem was with his mother Carol and other relatives awaiting the autopsy report. Neither Khaleem nor his mother wished to offer a comment.
Murdered by mistake?
Police have described the early morning murder yesterday of a 41-year-old man of Beetham Gardens as a case of mistaken identity. According to a police report, at about 2 am, Patrick Boyer of 15th Avenue was liming with friends on 17th Avenue when he was approached by a gunman and shot several times.
Investigators strongly believe that the incident was a reprisal for last month’s murder of Marcus ‘Shotta’ Patterson of 17A Street Beetham but Boyer may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Investigators confirmed that there were no police records suggesting that Boyer was involved in any gang or other illegal activities. On May 17, at about 7.30 pm at 17A Street Patterson and another man were wounded in a drive by shooting with Patterson dying on the spot.
Killed in his car
A pensioner whose home burnt down years ago and who was forced to live in his car since then, was found dead in the car near a beach in Toco yesterday morning. Kenneth Frederick, 60, a watchman with Home Construction Limited lived in his Mazda 626 car ever since his Galera Road, Toco house was destroyed by fire several years ago.
According to police, at about 8 am yesterday, CEPEP workers who were cleaning the beach found Frederick slumped on the front seat of his car with the driver’s door opened. Police said the elderly man was stabbed several times. No motive has been established for his murder.