A father of five died while being operated on on Sunday afternoon after being shot while at his Mapp Lands, Laventille home.
Police reports state that 47-year-old Abdul Karim was killed after he was called out of his home around 4 pm.
Police said Karim, whose legal name was Stanley Pope, was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital but died undergoing emergency treatment.
The police said Karim's murder is being treated as gang related.
The murder toll for the year is 17 while for the same period last year 20 people had been killed.