Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion em­ploy­ees are now con­cerned about go­ing out to job sites, fol­low­ing the mur­der of one of their co-work­ers while on du­ty yes­ter­day.

Po­lice said Shawn Joseph, 48, of Pe­ters­field, Fe­lic­i­ty, Ch­agua­nas, was just pick­ing up at 7.45 am at Post­man Dri­ve Recre­ation Ground, En­ter­prise, Ch­agua­nas, when a gun­man opened fire on him.

The fa­ther of two, who worked as a labour­er, was killed next to his car in front of his col­leagues.

Guardian Me­dia was told Joseph’s fam­i­ly mem­bers were con­tact­ed and ar­rived at the scene, where they were left in shock.

Rel­a­tives said Joseph, who was a mar­tial arts ex­pert, was not in­volved in any kind of crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ties. They de­scribed him as a com­mit­ted fam­i­ly man and a ded­i­cat­ed Mus­lim.

Mean­while, Ch­agua­nas May­or Faaiq Mo­hammed said Joseph’s killing has left cor­po­ra­tion work­ers trau­ma­tised.

“Our com­mu­ni­ty was shak­en by the bru­tal mur­der of Shawn Joseph, a ded­i­cat­ed em­ploy­ee of our cor­po­ra­tion, as he was prepar­ing to start his work­day. Our deep­est con­do­lences go out to his fam­i­ly, friends, and col­leagues.

“This sense­less act of vi­o­lence has left us all griev­ing.
 How­ev­er, this trag­ic in­ci­dent is yet an­oth­er re­minder that crime in our na­tion re­mains unchecked un­der this ad­min­is­tra­tion. We call on the gov­ern­ment to fi­nal­ly take mean­ing­ful ac­tion to stem this tide of vi­o­lence be­fore more lives are lost. The time for ex­cus­es is over—our na­tion’s fu­ture de­pends on de­ci­sive lead­er­ship in the fight against crime,” Mo­hammed said.

Of­fices from the Homi­cide Bu­reau South are prob­ing the case.