Sascha Wil­son

An ear­ly morn­ing shoot­ing fol­low­ing an al­ter­ca­tion at a Point Fortin bar yes­ter­day led to the death of a 27-year-old man. The vic­tim, Shaikel St Louis, 27, a sheet met­al in­stal­la­tion work­er at At­lantic LNG, was not in­volved in the al­ter­ca­tion, po­lice said.

Ini­tial re­ports stat­ed that around 2.30 am, an al­ter­ca­tion oc­curred at Lev­el 1 Bar, Point Fortin, re­sult­ing in pa­trons ex­it­ing on­to Wick­ham Street and some­one fir­ing a gun­shot.

St Louis was shot, col­lapsed and died on the road. His moth­er lat­er iden­ti­fied his body.

When Guardian Me­dia called St Louis’ moth­er’s phone, a woman said she was rest­ing and too dis­traught to speak with any­one. Of­fi­cers of the Homi­cide Bu­reau Re­gion 3 are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.