Barry Joseph- Murder #13

Murder #13: Male, age unknown, chopped to death.

Tue 6 January 2015 - A fight over drugs between two homeless men in the streets of San Fernando ended with one dead and another wounded.

The deceased, whom police only identified as “Barry”, was taken to hospital by police offi­cers where he was pronounced dead.

At around 4 p.m., Barry and another man were involved in a fight on Harris Street.

Police said he was chopped multiple times, then ran along Harris Street and collapsed on the pavement, within sight of the San Fernando Police Headquarters and across the road from the San Fernando Supreme Court.

Police officers were quick on the scene, but the suspect was seen running away with a cutlass in hand and his clothing bloody.

A party of police officers led by Senior Superintendent Cecil Santana, Inspectors Don Gaja­dhar and Sean Dhillpaul and Sgt Julien, led officers of the San Fernando CID and Homicide Bureau (South) to the scene.

A manhunt has been launched by police for the suspect.