‘Moose’ shot dead in Marabella

Police report that at about 11.45 am residents heard gunshots and upon checking found the body of the 28-year-old father of four. A report was made to the Marabella Police Station and investigators, among them Sgt Francois, Cpl Bahadur, PC Matloo, and officers of the Southern Division visited the scene. On arrival, they followed a trail of blood near the Guaracara River and found Gibson’s body in a yard.

Gibson, police said, had a pending matter for robbery at San Fernando Magistrates’ Court.

Gibson’s father Junior Gibson, 54, of Ste Madeleine, told reporters yesterday he did not know the circumstances of the killing adding that the previous night a man visited the area, asking for his son. “I cannot say if that was linked to the killing.

I got a phone call from my daughter today and she told me that they shot him. I don’t know what happened,” the father said.

Asked to describe son, Junior Gibson responded: “He was allhow.

I cannot say good, I cannot say bad. I last saw him alive yesterday (Friday).” Homicide Region III is continuing investigations.