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A 38-year-old man was gunned down outside a bar in Kelly Village, Caroni early yesterday morning.

The victim, Gabriel Simon, of LP 54 Main Road, Kelly Village, was found dead in the car park of Safe Landing Bar along Caroni South Bank Road around 3 a.m. on Saturday.

Police said officers on mobile patrol from the Caroni Police Station responded to a report of explosions around 2:45 a.m. When they arrived at the bar, they observed a crowd gathered on the roadway pointing to Simon’s body.