An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

A 36-year-old bank work­er was am­bushed and shot sev­er­al times yes­ter­day af­ter­noon as she ar­rived home from work. She suc­cumbed to her in­juries at hos­pi­tal.

The mur­der of Sher­mell Roberts im­me­di­ate­ly plunged the First Cit­i­zens bank fam­i­ly in­to mourn­ing as news of the in­ci­dent spread.

Po­lice said Roberts was am­bushed as she drove in­to the yard of her home at Kitch­en­er Av­enue, Barataria around 4 pm.

She was about to ex­it the ve­hi­cle when when an­oth­er car pulled up along­side hers and a gun­man opened fire.

She was as­signed to the First Cit­i­zens branch, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah.

The as­sailants sped off in their ve­hi­cle.

Res­i­dents alert­ed the po­lice who ar­rived to find Roberts still breath­ing, but bleed­ing pro­fuse­ly from gun­shot wounds to the right-side of her head and neck.

She was rushed to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope—where she died a short while lat­er while un­der­go­ing treat­ment.

Sev­er­al 9 mm spent shell cas­ings were re­cov­ered at the scene.

Po­lice are try­ing to de­ter­mine a mo­tive for her mur­der.