KEVON FELMINE

kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt

A Princes Town labour­er, de­scribed by his fam­i­ly as “hap­py-go-luck­ly”, met a sad end yes­ter­day when he was shot dead while lim­ing with friends.

Brent Richard­son, 42, a fa­ther of one, was drink­ing out­side a bar along Mar­ket Street, Princes Town, just a few me­tres away from the Princes Town Po­lice Sta­tion. Po­lice were told that around mid­day, a man walked up to him from be­hind, shot him in the head and ran off. He was tak­en to the Princes Town Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty where he died while re­ceiv­ing emer­gency treat­ment. His broth­er Mar­vin said he was hav­ing lunch when he got a phone call that Richard­son had been shot and was tak­en to the hos­pi­tal. By the time he ar­rived, Richard­son was al­ready dead. Mar­vin said he did not know of any­one who want­ed to kill his broth­er. Al­though Richard­son’s fam­i­ly was shak­en by the mur­der, an­oth­er broth­er, Mar­lon Dou­glas, said the fam­i­ly was a prayer­ful one and does not want “an eye for an eye” or “a tooth for a tooth”. Mar­lon said they would be pray­ing for the spir­i­tu­al de­liv­ery of Richard­son’s killer, as their fam­i­ly might be hurt­ing as well.