Authorities identified the well-known Scarborough vendor who died following shooting in in Port Mall car park as AllIson Ballah aka Bling Bling. The incident occurred in the car park of the Port Mall, Tobago, early on Wednesday.
AllIson’s death is the island’s eighth murder victim for the year so far. Onlookers said the man sold fruits, clothes and other items outside the old post office on Milford Road.
The murder comes less than a week after head of the police Tobago Division ACP Collis Hazel complained about the levels of murders and other violent crime on the island.
During a stakeholders’ meeting last Thursday at Scarborough Library, Hazel said many unregistered vehicles were entering Tobago on the ferries and being used to commit murders.
The shooting remains under investigation.
We’ll keep you updated when further information on AllIson’s service and memorial becomes available. In the meantime, we ask for your help and ask that you keep the family in your prayers as they deal with this unimaginable tragedy and grieve the death of a genuinely exceptional human being.
