A 19-year-old man is charged with the murder of an Arima man.
Devon Hernandez, also called Devon Fernandez, of La Retreat Road, Arima, is scheduled to appear at the Arima Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He was charged on Friday with the murder of Anthony Fuentes.
Police laid the charge after advice from Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard SC.
Hernandez was charged with:
- Murder;
- Possession of a firearm;
- Possession of ammunition;
- Possession of firearm to endanger life; and
- Possession of ammunition to endanger life.
He was arrested in connection with the death of Fuentes, 20, a self-employed scavenger of Arima, on November 26 at River Valley Road, La Retreat Road, Arima.
According to a police report, around 9.20 pm on November 26, a man was at his home with others when six armed men, approached his home.
He raised an alarm and he and another person ran from the house. The house was surrounded by the men, a few moments later gunfire was heard. The escaped. The two people then returned to the house and discovered the body of a man on a couch in the living room area with multiple gunshot wounds about his body.
A check also revealed that $2,600 belonging to the deceased was also missing from the house. Hernandez was arrested on November 27 by officers of the Northern Division Task Force.
The investigation was supervised by ASP Douglas, Insps Hosein, Mungroo and acting Insp Sylvester of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region II.
Investigations into the other suspects continue.
