Cather­ine Copeland

Em­ploy­ees of Slim's Home­style Grill, Aripero were left trau­ma­tised as a co-work­er was gunned down a short dis­tance from the es­tab­lish­ment. Ac­cord­ing to Oropouche po­lice, at 10.45 am two men en­tered Slim's, point­ing a gun at own­er, An­tho­ny Khan, an­nounc­ing a hold up. Khan sur­ren­dered his wal­let and cell­phone, the wal­let con­tain­ing $1,200. Af­ter the ban­dits left, a shak­en Khan no­ti­fied his em­ploy­ees about what had just hap­pened. Two of the em­ploy­ees, Aquin­da Dais­ley and Lar­ry Bis­soon­dath, age 24, chased af­ter the ban­dits. One of the ban­dits opened fire hit­ting Bis­soon­dath in the chest. He ran a short dis­tance be­fore col­laps­ing. Po­lice ar­rived on the scene and cor­nered the two men who opened fire on them, with the of­fi­cers re­turn­ing fire, shoot­ing both as­sailants.

The ban­dits and Bis­soon­dath were tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where they were pro­nounced dead on ar­rival. An­tho­ny Khan, own­er of Slim's, who was still in shock said, "I was ap­proached by two men. One pulled out his gun and said it was a hold up. I was robbed of a gold chain; cell­phone and my wal­let con­tain­ing $1,200. "I asked them if I could take out my per­mit (dri­ving) and they let me. They then took off run­ning. Lar­ry and Aquin­da gave chase and I heard a shot buss." Khan said Bis­soon­dath was de­cent, hard­work­ing and one of his best work­er. An­oth­er em­ploy­ee said, "Lar­ry was a hap­py per­son, al­ways smil­ing and laugh­ing." Bis­soon­dath, a res­i­dent of Sil­ver Stream in Aripero, lived with his com­mon law wife April Thomas and three month old ba­by boy. Res­i­dents in the area said Bis­soon­dath was a re­al nice per­son and al­ways helped those in need.