A brutal midday attack in the Trinidad and Tobago community of Malick has left three men dead and three other people wounded, triggering an extensive homicide investigation from local law enforcement. The targeted shooting unfolded just after 1 p.m. on Friday along Upper Seventh Avenue, catching residents off guard and plunging the quiet neighborhood into chaos. According to official police accounts, a group of people had gathered casually in a residential yard when a white sport utility vehicle pulled up to the area. Three masked, armed suspects stepped out of the vehicle and immediately opened fire on the group, unleashing volleys of bullets from high-powered military-style rifles. Panic erupted as dozens of shots echoed through residential streets, forcing nearby residents to scramble for shelter behind walls and inside their homes to avoid stray gunfire.
When the gunmen fled the scene and gunfire stopped, first responders arrived to find five people with life-altering gunshot wounds. Oren Danglade, 38, who was also known by the street name “Grimey”, had sustained multiple gunshot injuries and was pronounced dead directly at the attack site. Akins Phillip, Keron Paul, and two other unidentified men were rushed to local medical facilities for emergency care, while a third injured victim—who had been left in critical condition—was transported by police personnel directly to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. Tragically, Phillip did not survive his injuries, passing away while undergoing emergency intervention at Port of Spain General Hospital. Shortly after, Paul also succumbed to his wounds at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, bringing the total number of fatalities from the attack to three.
As of late Friday evening, the two surviving male gunshot victims remained hospitalized in stable condition for ongoing care. A woman who suffered a grazing wound from a stray bullet also received outpatient medical treatment for her minor injury and has since been released. Local residents told responding investigators that they recognized the rapid, deafening barrage of gunfire shortly after 1 p.m. Once the shooting stopped, they ventured out to check the area and found the victims clustered near a pink-painted house along the main roadway. Detectives from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Northern Division and specialized homicide unit have already processed the crime scene, collecting bullet casings, witness statements, and forensic evidence as they work to unpack the possible motive for the public attack.
This triple killing has pushed the national murder toll for Trinidad and Tobago in 2026 to 162. For comparison, the country recorded 168 homicide deaths over the same period last year, marking a slight downward trend in overall murders, but reigniting longstanding public conversations about violent gun crime plaguing residential communities across the twin-island nation.