A Venezue­lan man who poked his head out­side his front door af­ter hear­ing a com­mo­tion, was shot in the mouth and neck by the men who were chas­ing his 44-year-old friend to kill him on Tues­day night.

The in­jured man was wait­ing for his friend at his apart­ment at Eighth Av­enue North, Barataria, around 9.48 pm on April 8, when sev­er­al gun­shots were heard.

The in­tend­ed vic­tim told po­lice he was walk­ing home and up­on reach­ing the gate to his house, he saw the two men run­ning to­wards him.