SASCHA WIL­SON

Se­nior Re­porter

The broth­er-in-law of Crys­tal Har­richa­ran was killed af­ter gun­men opened fire dur­ing her wake in Clax­ton Bay, short­ly af­ter mid­night.

Sham Bridge­lal, 56, was among sev­er­al peo­ple at­tend­ing the wake at the home where her par­ents and oth­er rel­a­tives live, at Boodoo Trace, Clax­ton Bay.

The shoot­ing oc­curred hours be­fore Har­richa­ran's fu­ner­al ser­vice, sched­uled for 9 am to­day at the house.

Ini­tial re­ports stat­ed that around 12:15am, Bridge­lal was among oth­er peo­ple gath­ered at the wake when a sil­ver ve­hi­cle pulled up. Two gun­men came out and opened fire at them, and then got back in­to the ve­hi­cle which sped off.

Bridge­lal col­lapsed and died on the walk­way that leads to the house.

Po­lice re­cov­ered at the scene nine .223 shells and ten 9-mil­lime­tre shell cas­ings with four pro­jec­tiles.

On Tues­day (April 9), Har­richa­ran was shot dead at Jarvis Street in Vista­bel­la as she was en­ter­ing her car.

In Jan­u­ary this year, her house—which is sit­u­at­ed near her fam­i­ly's home in Clax­ton Bay—was fire­bombed twice and shot at.

Of­fi­cers of the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions Re­gion 3 are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.