A La Hor­quet­ta teen, who was as­pir­ing to be a na­tion­al foot­baller, was gunned down on Tues­day night, a short dis­tance from his home.

Po­lice re­port­ed that around 8.50 pm, Ezekiel Ram­di­als­ingh 17, of Os­car Pyle Cres­cent, Phase Four, was lim­ing with a group when gun­men opened fire on them, hit­ting Ram­di­als­ingh once in the chest.

He was tak­en to the Ari­ma Hos­pi­tal where he was de­clared dead on ar­rival.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia at his home yes­ter­day, a rel­a­tive of Ram­di­als­ingh, de­scribed him as an an­gel.

The woman said the teen re­cent­ly start­ed liv­ing in the com­mu­ni­ty and spent the first 16 years of his life in Manuel Con­go, with his moth­er.

The woman showed Guardian Me­dia, Ram­di­als­ingh’s tro­phies in his room and his medals, say­ing he had more at his moth­er’s home and gained all from play­ing foot­ball.

“I opened a car wash busi­ness for him right here. He used to al­ways help out, what­ev­er he had he would share. He want­ed to make it to the na­tion­al team. That was his pas­sion. He had every­thing, his visa, every­thing. This was a case of be­ing at the wrong place and the wrong time.”

While he was not iden­ti­fied as a gang mem­ber, po­lice la­belled his killing as gang re­lat­ed. Ram­di­als­ingh’s mur­der took the toll to 114 for the year. —Jensen La Vende