Man gunned down

Dead is Kervin “Shabby” Ransome, 23, who was shot multiple times as he attempted to flee from his attackers.

According to police, at about 2 pm, Ramsome was driving his car near Lodge Road, Claxton Bay when it was struck from behind by another vehicle, a Nissan B13.

Ransome’s car subsequently veered off the roadway and crashed into a nearby utility pole.

Ransome, police said, got out of his car and ran off as gunmen alighted from the second car and ran after him.

Ransome tripped and fell to the ground and lay helplessly as the gunmen stood over him and pumped bullet after bullet into his body.

He died at the scene. Police believe high powered weapons were used to kill Ransome.

As officers cordoned off the crime scene, relatives stood nearby and wept.

Ransome’s mother Rhona Young, said her son did not deserve such a death.

“God is watching,” she said repeatedly as she cried.

Ransome recently left his home in Claxton Bay to reside with his girlfriend Tasha Jones, 24.

A tearful Jones said she was informed that Ransome was at his workplace in Claxton Bay when he received a telephone call.

“His co-workers said it was during his lunch time he got a phone call and he left immediately. He did not tell them where he was going, but I am told he went in his car and drove off,” Jones said.

She added that moments later, Ransome’s co-workers received a telephone call that he was shot dead in the Claxton Bay area. “No one knows who called him or where he was going but I am sure his death is linked to that last phone call he got. They called and put him in place to be killed. It was a set up,” she said.

Earlier yesterday, Ransome had gone to the Couva Magistrate Court to lend support to a friend who is incarcerated on remand and who had a court appearance. Police recovered over 18 spent shells at the scene where Ransome was gunned down. Police said Ransome has several pending matters before the courts.

An autopsy is expected to be performed today.

Region III Homicide Division and Claxton Bay police are continuing investigations.