Jensen La Vende

The fu­ner­al ser­vice for mur­dered spe­cial state pros­e­cu­tor Ran­dall Hec­tor will take place on Thurs­day.

The 43-year-old fa­ther of two was shot in the chest af­ter he left the Sev­enth Day Ad­ven­tist (SDA) Church, Stan­more Av­enue, Queen’s Park West, on Wednes­day night, where he had de­liv­ered the New Year’s ser­mon.

Po­lice said the gun­man shot Hec­tor as he made his way to his ve­hi­cle. He was tak­en to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he died.

Hec­tor's fu­ner­al is sched­uled to take place at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the South­ern Caribbean, Mara­cas St Joseph.

While po­lice are still work­ing on a mo­tive for his killing and the ar­rest of those re­spon­si­ble, the na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty ap­pa­ra­tus is as­sur­ing his fel­low state at­tor­neys that they will be pro­tect­ed.

Last Fri­day Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley as­sured at­tor­neys at the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) that the state will en­sure their safe­ty.