Taxi driver shot dead

A 28-year-old taxi-driver of Erica Street, Laventille was shot  while sitting on a bench at Prizgar Lands, Laventille. Reports revealed that around 3.30 pm yesterday, Nicholai Winchester, of Erica Street, Laventille, was sitting on a bench when he was confronted by a man armed with a gun. The man shot him twice in the chest and escaped. He was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Officers of the Besson Street Police Station are investigating.