The man who was killed along the food strip near the Grand Bazaar Mall in Val­sayn dur­ing the ear­ly hours yes­ter­day has been iden­ti­fied as Cur­tis “Bird” Pierre.

Pierre, of Gopaul Av­enue, Diego Mar­tin, was said to have gone to pur­chase a piz­za af­ter leav­ing the Last Jam Car­ni­val Fete at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, Mu­cu­rapo, when he was am­bushed by two gun­men.

The vic­tim had re­port­ed­ly just col­lect­ed the piz­za from an at­ten­dant at Naafa Piz­za, at the cor­ner of Ram­nar­ine Dri­ve and Bam­boo Boule­vard, and was in the process of dress­ing it when gun­men opened fire on him around 1.05 am yes­ter­day.