A man was killed in Ba­co­let, To­ba­go, last evening, just two days be­fore his birth­day, push­ing the record toll on the is­land to 26 for the year and 603 for the coun­try.

Zachary Lin­dow, 21, of Pem­broke, was gunned down by ban­dits in­side the Ba­co­let Con­ve­nience Store along Ba­co­let Road just af­ter 6 pm.

Po­lice said Lin­dow, a de­liv­ery man, and his col­league, Jade Job, were con­front­ed by two gun­men as they were mak­ing de­liv­er­ies to the store. While Lin­dow died at the scene, Job was tak­en to the Scar­bor­ough Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment.

Rel­a­tives were in­con­solable at the scene, but said Lin­dow was card­ed to cel­e­brate his 22nd birth­day on Box­ing Day.

To­ba­go Homi­cide of­fi­cers are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.—Shas­tri Boodan