An A16-year-old schoolboy who allegedly saw the fatal shooting of Tamika Griffith, a schoolgirl from Princes Town, remains in police custody.
The boy, a family member of Tamika, was expected to be questioned by detectives on Friday.
The Form Four student was arrested by police shortly after the incident and allegedly told officers that a man had asked him to keep the firearm for him, in exchange for $ 150 a week.
Investigators are searching for the man who allegedly gave the firearm to the boy, and for the firearm.
Tamika was hit by a bullet from the firearm at her family’s apartment in Sookoo Trace, Claxton Bay.
The schoolgirl, who lived in Corial Road, Early Village, Princes Town, stayed with family in the apartment.
Police arrived at the apartment around 3pm and met the teenage boy on the premises.
He initially reportedly told police he was walking to a store nearby when he heard an explosion, and when he returned to the apartment, he found his cousin with a gunshot wound to her face on the couch in the living room. observed.
Officers found Tamika on a bench with a gunshot wound to the head above her right eye and gasping for breath.
According to the report, officers placed her on a brown carpet from the living room and took her to San Fernando General Hospital.
She died while undergoing emergency treatment.
Insp. Ramlogan from the Southern Police Department found a nine-millimeter casing in the living room.
While in custody and in the presence of his mother, he allegedly told police that a male family member had brought a firearm a few days earlier and asked him to keep it for him, and he would $ 150 is paid weekly to protect it.
He apparently told police he had put it in a bag in the closet in his room.
At around 13:00 on Tuesday, he allegedly took the firearm out of the closet and showed it to Tamika.
According to the police report, he took it from her when the firearm was fired and shot.
Police were told that the schoolboy told the male family member what had happened, and the family member came to the apartment and took the firearm and left.
An autopsy on the body is expected on Friday at the Forensic Science Center.
PC Mathura continues with investigations.