A Laven­tille man was gunned down on Wednes­day night as he stood speak­ing with a friend sev­er­al streets away from his home.

Javon Mc Bean, 31, of Rigault Street, Laven­tille, had half of his face blown off in the dead­ly am­bush. His 31-year-old friend, of Pe­tit Val­ley, suf­fered mi­nor in­juries.

The two men were stand­ing out­side an aban­doned house on Williams Street, Laven­tille, around 5 pm on Wednes­day, when two gun­men emerged from a white Nis­san Ti­i­da and fired sev­er­al shots in their di­rec­tion.

Mc Bean was shot in the face, head and back.

The oth­er man drove him­self to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he was treat­ed and dis­charged.

A to­tal of 16 spent 5.56 mm shell cas­ings were re­cov­ered at the scene.