A Cara­pichaima busi­ness­man was one of two men killed dur­ing an al­leged rob­bery on Thurs­day.

The car parts pro­pri­etor was iden­ti­fied as Mario Maraj, 37, of Rod­ney Road, Or­ange­field Road, Cara­pichaima, while the sec­ond de­ceased, be­lieved to be one of the sus­pects, re­mained uniden­ti­fied up to yes­ter­day.

Po­lice said res­i­dents re­port­ed hear­ing gun­shots com­ing from the house around 1.10 pm, and re­spond­ing of­fi­cers ar­rived to find Maraj in a kneel­ing po­si­tion in the front yard, bleed­ing from gun­shot wounds to the head and chest. He was at the time gasp­ing for breath and ap­peared to have a faint pulse.