An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

Rel­a­tives of mur­dered me­chan­i­cal en­gi­neer Raidal Per­sad yes­ter­day re­mained in shock, as they strug­gled to ac­cept his death fol­low­ing a dead­ly am­bush in Carlsen Field, Ch­agua­nas, on Tues­day.

Per­sad, 53, of Ti­gress Road, Riverview Park, Mon­trose, Ch­agua­nas, was shot sev­er­al times around 5 pm in­side his car.

He was found bleed­ing from mul­ti­ple gun­shot wounds, still strapped in­to the dri­ver’s seat.

Po­lice said the vic­tim worked as a me­chan­i­cal en­gi­neer at Methanex Ltd.

Of­fi­cers from the Freeport Po­lice Sta­tion re­ceived an anony­mous call around 5.45 pm on Tues­day, in­form­ing them that a man had been killed.

Re­spond­ing of­fi­cers found the vic­tim in a white Au­di which was stalled along Pipecon Road, Carlsen Field.

The vic­tim, who was in a blue jer­sey and navy blue three quar­ter pants, was seen slumped over the pas­sen­ger seat. Among the ev­i­dence re­cov­ered at the scene were eight 9mm spent shell cas­ings, the vic­tim’s wal­let, which re­port­ed­ly con­tained $1,492 in cash, sev­er­al bank cards; na­tion­al iden­ti­fi­ca­tion card and his dri­ver’s per­mit.

When Guardian Me­dia con­tact­ed Per­sad’s wife, she de­clined to speak, in­di­cat­ing she was not in a frame of mind to share de­tails about her hus­band just yet.