A construction worker of Valencia was shot repeatedly at his jobsite at KP Lands, Valencia yesterday.
The victim, Terry Villafana, 34, succumbed to his multiple gun shot wounds at hospital while undergoing emergency surgery.
Police reported that around 2.15 pm, Villafana along with other men were laying bricks at a box drain in Valencia, when a gunman approached Villafana and opened fire. He fell into the drain bleeding from several injuries while his co workers took cover. The gunman escaped in a waiting car.
Villafana was taken to Sangre Grande Hospital but died while being attended to in the operating theatre by doctors.
Residents of KP Lands told T&T Guardian that there have been frequent shootings in the area.
Visiting the scene were Snr Supt Garth Nelson, Insp Ken Lutchman, Sgt Ramkissoon of Eastern Division Police and Insp Christopher Fuentes and other officers from Homicide Region 11 Arouca.
Villifana’s body will be taken to the Forensic Science Centre, St James on Monday for an autopsy. The latest killing brings the number of people murdered for the year to 266.
RALPH BANWARIE