Shane Su­perville

An 18-year-old Diego Mar­tin man is the coun­try’s lat­est mur­der vic­tim when he was gunned down on Mon­day night.

Po­lice said Hale Ju­nior Besson was stand­ing near a car park on the Diego Mar­tin Main Road at around 9.20 pm when he was shot sev­er­al times. 

By­standers saw Besson col­lapse as a white Toy­ota Field­er Wag­on, be­lieved to be the get­away ve­hi­cle, was seen leav­ing the car park and dri­ving off on­to the Diego Mar­tin High­way. 

Of­fi­cers of the West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force, the West­ern Di­vi­sion Gang In­tel­li­gence Unit and the Four Roads Po­lice Sta­tion vis­it­ed the scene with a dis­trict med­ical of­fi­cer who de­clared Besson dead. 

Crime scene in­ves­ti­ga­tors al­so vis­it­ed the scene and found 14 spent 5.56 shells and 70 spent 40 cal­iber shells. Po­lice said a parked car and the win­dow of a near­by build­ing was al­so struck by bul­lets dur­ing the at­tack.