There was anger in Williamsville on Tuesday with residents slamming the police saying had officers responded in a timely manner to reports of a gunman seen lurking in the area, it may have prevented a father of one being gunned down in broad daylight as he was awaiting transport to go to work.

Allan Samaroo, 40, was fatally shot around 7.05 am while standing at the side of the road at the junction at the end of Esmeralda Road in Riversdale. Reports are that Samaroo was shot multiple times including in the head and he died at the scene.

At his home which is not too far from where he was killed, Samaroo's relatives, friends and villagers gathered to share in the family's grief.