PH driver killed in Carapichaima

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PH driver killed in Carapichaima

A PH driver was shot dead in Carapichaima on Friday afternoon.

Shortly after 4 pm, Simeon “Teeths” Baptiste, 23, originally from Old Longdenville Road, was plying his car for hire along the St Mary’s Junction, Carapichaima to Waterloo route when the incident occurred.

Police said Baptiste was parked up on the junction near the pharmacy and was in his car drinking a bottle of water, when a man dressed in a hoodie came up to him and shot him.

Baptiste attempted to run away but fell to the ground in front of the pharmacy, where he died.