COUVA, Trinidad, CMC- A soldier who plays for top Trinidad and Tobagoclub, Defence Force, was gunned down outside a bar near his home in Couva, West Central Trinidad Sunday morning.
Lance Corporal Rawle Fletcher, 34, a regular member of Defence Force was shot in a hail of bullets from occupants of a vehicle that pulled alongside him in a car park, an eyewitness has reported.
A friend who was with him at the time was alsoshot and killed while a 19 year old boy was also killed after being shot in the chest by a stray bullet, reports said.
“He was a real instrumental part of the team for the last few years,” Defence Force assistant football coach Marvin Gordon told Wired868.
“He was in my batch too and we were really close, so it real hit me hard”.
Fletcher did not represented Defence Force this season since he was awaiting an operation on an injured hand but the defender was a member of the team that claimed their second Pro League title in the last three years.
Fletcher is reported to have told senior Defence Force officials he was a marked man after disarming a gunman to stop a robbery a few months ago.
Weeks after the incident, shots were fired at Fletcher’s home, army sources have revealed.