People screamed and ran helter-skelter at Piarco International Airport yesterday morning when a man was shot dead and two others injured in a drive-by gun attack outside the Arrivals area.

Dead is 34-year-old Akim Quash, also known as “Sours,” of Pierre Street, Maraval. Quash died of multiple gunshot wounds shortly after being transported to the Arima General Hospital.

The two injured individuals include a 35-year-old man of La Platta Village, Maraval, who sustained gunshot wounds to both legs, and a 32-year-old man of Deau Pres Road, Paramin Road, Morne Coco Road, Maraval, who was the driver of the vehicle involved in the incident . He suffered minor injuries while trying to escape the shooters.