Murdered mom to be buried next Wednesday

Cooper, 54, was shot several times to her head and chest, while her husband Carl Edmund,63, shot to the left shoulder at their Harmony Hall, Marabella home.

The mother of five died on the spot, while her husband survived the attack. He was rushed to San Fernando General Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.

He remains listed in a serious condition.

Speaking to Newsday yesterday, a close family member said that the murder of Cooper has the left the family devastated.

“She did not deserve to die like this, her death is hard for all of us to come to terms with, but we are just praying that her husband recovers to attend her funeral service,” the relative said.

According to police reports at about 7 am on Thursday, Cooper who worked in the Community- based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) was seated in her husband’s car in the yard of their home at the time of the incident.

Reports said that as the couple was about to drive out of the yard in their vehicle, a man, clad in white, approached the left side of the car, pointed a gun at Cooper and fired repeatedly.