A pen­sion­er was shot dead in his bed at his home in Pe­tit Val­ley.

Po­lice said at about 8 pm on Thurs­day, res­i­dents of Sime­on Road heard sev­er­al gun­shots.

Po­lice of­fi­cers who went to the lo­ca­tion at the cor­ner of Cor­po­ra­tion Road said they saw noth­ing strange.

How­ev­er, at about 5.30 am they got in­for­ma­tion that An­tho­ny Car­ring­ton had been found dead on his bed at his home near the cor­ner of Sime­on and Cor­po­ra­tion Road.

He was shot in the head and shoul­der.

A mo­tive is yet to be de­ter­mined in that mur­der which brought the toll for the year to 46.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.