Pictured Above: Victims Korey Clarke (Left) and Samantha Patrick (Right). A 7-month-old baby girl, shielded in bed by her parents, managed to survive a hail of bullets by gunmen who successfully killed both her father and mother. The incident took place around 11:30 PM on Wednesday night (12th October 2022) at their home at Woodbine Estate, Dundonald Hill, St. James.
The baby’s parents were identified as 30-year-old Korey Clarke and Samantha Patrick. Clarke was said to have operated a Mini-mart in St. James. According to Police reports, when residents of the area heard the gunshots, they said they allegedly saw four (4) men fleeing the home. When Police arrived at the scene, a relative of Clarke entered the home and found the two (2) victims dead on the bed. The baby, who was crying and covered by the blood of her parents, was removed from the scene and placed in the care of relatives. Speaking with the media following the double murder, Clarke’s father, Anthony, said the murders had left the families in a deep sense of loss. “We don’t know why anyone did this. Korey had a shop in the area where he would sell little things like beers and soft drinks and things like that. Now and then he would get contracts for URP to do some building in the area. And other times, he was helping this community out of his own pocket. You can ask anyone,” said Anthony Clarke. “This road here (along Dundonald Road) he helped pave. He put up his own money for the carpark that residents in the area use, and he’s never even gotten the payout for that yet. He was still after the State for compensation, but he was never bad mind or vex or anything like that, so he didn’t even break up anything when they didn’t pay him. To him, at the very least, this was him giving back to the area that raised him. So for people to come and do this to him, I don’t even know what to say. You can ask anyone around here, he was a loving and well-loved individual,” he added. However, Police said that Clarke was “well-known” to them as having an association with gangs that operate in the Dundonald Hill community in St. James, and they believe this may have led to the murders of Clarke and Patrick on Wednesday night. They noted in the past, Clarke had been the victim of a shooting in the area because of these links. His sibling was also a victim of that incident. However, both survived. Clarke also had been linked to firearm-related offences and one such report had even ended in a fatality. Police said Clarke was not a “saint” as his relatives had depicted him to be when they were interviewed last Thursday. [Source: Trinidad Express] We are a small operation. If you've found our articles to be informative, please consider supporting us via PayPal or buying us a coffee. Your contribution is incredibly appreciated and goes a long way. Simply sharing our articles also helps us. Sign up for our free WhatsApp Alerts to be notified as soon as we post breaking news. NEW! Check out our Merchandise Store for high-quality t-shirts, hats and more!
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