A Port-of-Spain man was shot while walk­ing in the cap­i­tal yes­ter­day.

Po­lice said Joel Williams, of East Dry Riv­er, was shot by an un­known gun­man at the Broad­way and South Quay in­ter­sec­tion around 12.15 pm, in full view of passers-by and mo­torists.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said the 30-year-old was stand­ing near Maraj Jew­ellers when the gun­man, who was wear­ing long black pants and a jer­sey bear­ing the lo­go of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), walked up to him and opened fire.

Williams was shot in the head and as he fell to the ground, the gun­man ran to­wards Sea Lots.

Passers-by rushed to his as­sis­tance and quick­ly alert­ed the po­lice.

First re­spon­ders ar­rived and took the in­jured man to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he was treat­ed. Williams was list­ed in a se­ri­ous but sta­ble con­di­tion yes­ter­day.

Of­fi­cers of the Port-of-Spain Task Force re­spond­ed and searched the Sea Lots area but were un­able to lo­cate the sus­pect.