Teen killed while playing cards in La Romaine; man hospitalised

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Teen killed while playing cards in La Romaine; man hospitalised

A teenager is dead and a 33-year-old man is nursing gunshot wounds, after they were ambushed while playing a game of cards on the roadside in La Romaine last night.

Police say 19-year-old Raheem Richards, who lived at Nice Street, La Romaine, was with other people roadside at Pemberton Street, La Romaine, when a lone gunman came stealthily through a storm drain and surprised them at around 11.30p.m.

The man began shooting.

Richards died at the scene and 33-year-old Mark de la Bastide was wounded.

investigations are underway.