Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a fa­tal shoot­ing that took place in Or­ange­field Road, Cara­pichaima last night.

Dead is Kester Phillip, 35.

Po­lice say around 9:20 pm on Mon­day, the vic­tim (Phillip) was walk­ing along Der­rick Road, Chase Vil­lage near Rod­ney Road, when he was ac­cost­ed by a man armed with a firearm.

Phillip tried to run but he was shot mul­ti­ple times.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands he was tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Health Fa­cil­i­ty where he suc­cumbed to his in­juries.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue.