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A Couva man and his girlfriend were shot dead after being ambushed by a gunman outside their home on Friday.

Devaughn Toussaint, 38, was holding a toddler when he was shot four times near a play park outside of his townhouse at Jade Court in Lisas Gardens and died at the scene, police said.

Toussaint's girlfriend, identified by the police as Amily Hanandez, ran towards Toussaint and the toddler when the gunfire rang out, was shot multiple times and died at the hospital.