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RALPH BANWARIE
Simone Ramsaroop
RALPH BANWARIE
A woman fire officer was shot dead on her way to a christening last night. Dead is Simone Ramsaroop, 47, of Rowland Avenue, Trincity.
Her common-law husband Kurland Thomas, 38, and Shyien Trancoso, 23, are currently warded in critical condition at the hospital following the shooting incident.
According to the report, around 8:30 pm on Tuesday, Ramsaroop, a fire officer who was last attached to the Arima Fire Station, was driving her blue Nissan Versa registration number PDB 8941 along Jacob Coat, North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande, to attend a christening when on reaching in the vicinity of Dudes Man Mini Mart, four men all dressed in dark clothing armed with firearms descended from the darkness and several loud explosions like that of gunshots were heard.
Ramsaroop’s lifeless body was slumped on the driver’s seat in blood. At the same time, the two other occupants, Thomas and Trancoso, exited the vehicle, ran, and were subsequently assisted by a villager who conveyed them to the Sangre Grande Hospital.
Both men suffered gunshot wounds on their bodies and are listed as critical at the Sangre Grande Hospital.
Ag/Cpl Maharaj, PCs Singh, and Samuel, together with members of the Eastern Division Task Force under the supervision of Cpl Osauna, responded. Upon arrival, they met the first responders, PCs Martin and Maraj of the ERP.
They reported having responded to a report of loud explosions at Jacob Coat, North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande. On arrival, they observed the lifeless body of a female slumped in the driver seat of PDB 8941 and an object resembling a firearm protruding from under her.
District Medical Officer Dr. Nzedinma visited the scene and made a pronouncement. The body was removed by Quashie’s Funeral Home.
Also visiting the scene was Sgt Ramoutar and a party of officers from Homicide Region II and SERU.
The scene was processed, and several 5.56 and 9mm spent shells and one object resembling a firearm were also found in vehicle PDB 8941.
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