Teenager Mitchelle Francis was shot twice in the head at close range on Tuesday night. One of the bullets severed his upper spinal cord.
According to pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov, 17-year-old Francis was shot in the left side of the forehead exiting on the other side. The bullet did not damage the brain, Alexandrov said. The second and data shot entering the left cheek, exited the right neck. The second shot was the fatal one Alexandrov said adding that the first shot to the head caused a “key hole” wound but there was no damage to the brain. The first shot came at a distance and the second was at close range rupturing the brain stem.
Police said Francis, of Williams Trace, Five Rivers Arouca, was liming with friends around 9.30pm. Residents, according to police, heard the gunshots and later found Francis dead. Police could not give a definitive motive for the killing.