Trinidad businessman gunned down outside home

William Gopaul

(Trinidad Express) A businessman was shot and killed outside his home in Palmiste yesterday morning.

Dead is William Gopaul, 63, of Hillpiece, Palmiste.

Police were told that at 6.20a.m. Gopaul was approached by a man wearing a yellow bandana around his face.

The man asked Gopaul for some named “Benjamin”.

Gopaul replied that he didn’t who that was.

At that moment, the suspect pulled a gun and fired three shots.

Gopaul died at the scene.

Witnesses saw the killer get into a white sedan and leave.

Gopaul was the owner of Nanotechnology, a business located at La Pique Plaza, San Fernando.

He also operated a US and Canadian visa consultancy service.