(Trinidad Guardian) A father who was leading a fund raising drive to save his daughter’s life was murdered outside his Diego Martin home on Thursday night.
Anthony Julien, 52, who shot dead near a village parlour at Unity Lane, Richplain after returning from liming with friends.
The gunman walked into the parlour shortly after 8 pm pretending to be a customer before shooting Julien.
The killer, who police suspect was a hired gun from out the area, ran off.
Julien was taken to the St James Medical Complex where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said Julien, a father of six and grandfather, was clearly the target of the gunman and have been informed that there was an altercation between him and a neighbour recently. Julien, a contractor, was recently awarded a Government contract but police said his murder had nothing to do with that.
His 13-year-old daughter needs a heart transplant and the family had been on a drive to raise US$160,000.
The father of an ailing 13-year-old girl who had just returned home was gunned down while liming near his Diego Martin home on Thursday night.
Julien’s murder has taken the murder toll to 185 for the year.