A 37-year-old man was shot dead in Co­corite on Fri­day night.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, Naim Sa­ban Ab­dul­lah Mo­hammed was shot once in the chest around mid­night at Co­corite Ter­race, Co­corite.

Po­lice said around 12.01 am res­i­dents at Co­corite Ter­race heard sev­er­al gun­shots. Up­on check­ing lat­er, they found Ab­du­lah Mo­hammed bleed­ing from a sin­gle gun­shot wound. He died at the scene.

Mo­hammed's killing brings the mur­der toll for the year so far to 401 peo­ple.