A man was fatally shot by stray bullets yesterday afternoon when he was reportedly caught in the crossfire as a group of youngsters were shooting at each other at Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
The dead man has been identified as 53-year-old Dexter McFarlane, a construction worker of Laing Avenue.
According to the dead man’s brother, Roy Stephens, the shooting occurred at about 17:00 hrs at Second Bridge Laing Avenue, after McFarlane had just gotten out of a bus and was heading home through a short cut in the area.
