A 19-year-old Carenage resident became one of T&T’s 308 murder victims, after he was stabbed to death while liming on Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook, early yesterday morning.
According to reports, Nicholas Jeffers, of L’Anse Mitan Road, was standing near the corner of Luis Street and Ariapita Avenue around 5 am when he got into an argument with a man.
The man reportedly drew a knife and stabbed Jeffers several times in his chest. Jeffers’ cousins, who were liming at a nearby bar, noticed the altercation but by the time they rushed to his assistance his attacker had already ran away.
Jeffers was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital in an ambulance but died shortly after being admitted.
In a brief interview at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, Jeffers’ relatives described him as quiet and peaceful.
“He very quiet and was not accustomed liming. He just went out last night as it was Independence Day,” a female relative said. She said Jeffers had graduated from the Mucurapo West Secondary School almost two years ago and was unemployed.
Asked whether his cousins had recognised his attacker or knew what the dispute was about, the relative said no.
“They don’t know who it is and they not really talking to us about it,” she said.
Investigators had not arrested the suspect up to late yesterday but were interviewing eyewitness and reviewing CCTV footage of the incident captured by cameras from several businesses.
Jeffers’ killing raised the murder toll for the year to 308. There were 282 murders recorded for the same period last year. Detectives of the Region One Homicide Bureau are continuing investigations.