The protests, which began on Monday, was sparked by last Friday's killing of three young people - Abigail Johnson, Allana Duncan and Kerron Eccles. They were in a car when police shot them.
Police said they responded to a report that a double murder suspect was seen in the car. And they claim that they killed the three during a shootout.
However, villagers are not accepting that explanation and have demanded a probe into what they call as triple assassination. They said there was no shootout as police claim.
Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs sent Superintendent Irvin Hackshaw to tell the protesters he has appointed the head of the Homicide Bureau in Port of Spain, Donald Denoon, to investigate the killings.
But that didn't satisfy the demonstrators who demanded that the officers involved in the incident be suspended during the investigations.
They refused to go home and called on Gibbs and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to visit.
Three cabinet ministers - Jack Warner, Glen Ramadharsingh and Clifton De Coteau - had to abort a trip to the community because of the intensity of the protest.
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