Sascha Wil­son

Se­nior Re­porter

sascha.wil­son@guardian.co.tt

The body of an uniden­ti­fied man, rid­dled with gun­shot wounds, was dis­cov­ered on a road­way in Pe­tit Morne, Phase Two, Ste Madeleine, ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers of the Ste Madeleine Po­lice Sta­tion were con­tact­ed around 6.40 am by a res­i­dent who re­port­ed that a friend had dis­cov­ered a body near his home.

When of­fi­cers ar­rived in the com­mu­ni­ty, they found the blood­ied body with gun­shot wounds to the face, head, up­per chest and up­per back.

The vic­tim was be­lieved to be in his 20s. He was wear­ing a white T-shirt with a hand­print and skull pat­tern on the front, a pair of black den­im short jeans, red, green and black “GUC­CI” slip­pers, and a gold-coloured chain around his neck.

Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tors at­tached to the Homi­cide Re­gion III Of­fice re­cov­ered eight spent shell cas­ings and three pro­jec­tiles at the scene. The of­fi­cers al­so found $20 and a Mar­vin Gaye hat in the vic­tim’s pos­ses­sion.

The vic­tim was de­scribed as be­ing of African de­scent, brown in com­plex­ion, slim­ly built, ap­prox­i­mate­ly five feet 11 inch­es tall, with an afro hair­style and a short goa­tee beard.

Homi­cide Re­gion III of­fi­cers are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.