A 65-year-old man was fatally shot during a home invasion in Central Trinidad on Tuesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Moonan Hardeo.
According to reports, Moonan Jogi Hardeo, 65, his wife and their 38-year-old son were asleep at their Caroni Savannah Road, Chaguanas, home at around 2.30 am, when they were awakened by an intruder.
It’s suspected the burglar entered the home by breaking a glass window pane of a door in the kitchen.
Mr. Hardeo’s son started fighting with the intruder who fired the gun, grazing the son’s leg.
Mr. Hardeo went to investigate the noise and was shot in his chest by the man who fled the scene.
He died at the scene. His son was taken to the Chaguanas District Health Facility where he was treated and discharged.