An Arou­ca man was killed on Fri­day night dur­ing what of­fi­cials have de­scribed as a drug-re­lat­ed rob­bery gone bad.

Jevon Pa­ponette, 32, of Wa­ter­loo Road, Arou­ca, died be­tween 8.17 pm and 8.30 pm af­ter he was shot by an un­known as­sailant.

Re­ports in­di­cate Pa­ponette was walk­ing along Bound­ary Road, off Wa­ter­loo Road, when he was shot sev­er­al times about the body.

Of­fi­cers on pa­trol dis­cov­ered Pa­ponette ly­ing on his side, with a knap­sack strapped to his back. They al­leged­ly dis­cov­ered a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na in the bag.

The vic­tim was tak­en to the Ari­ma Health Fa­cil­i­ty where he was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival.

Crime scene of­fi­cials lat­er re­cov­ered five 9 mm spent shells.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.