POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal shooting which occurred at Marigot last Sunday around 12:35 a.m.
Reports indicate that two masked men approached 32-year-old Chrishna Chester Wilson of Marigot and shot him once in the head.
Chester was at the time sitting on a public bench near an establishment along the Marigot Community Road.
He was transported via ambulance to the Victoria Hospital where he received treatment but later succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased would have celebrated his thirty-third birthday yesterday.
A post mortem examination was conducted yesterday by Dr. Heather Emmanuel revealed the cause of death to be traumatic brain injury secondary to gunshot wound to the head.
This incident brings the number of homicides for the year to 23. Investigations into this incident are continuing.