Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der has ex­pressed shock and sad­ness over the killing of busi­ness­man Steve Ghany Ju­nior, re­veal­ing that he had spent time with him just days be­fore his death.

Speak­ing with re­porters at the of­fi­cial han­dover cer­e­mo­ny at the Pe­nal Fire Head­quar­ters on Wednes­day, Alexan­der said he met Ghany over the week­end at a ri­fle range, where they en­gaged in recre­ation­al shoot­ing.

“Yeah, he was a friend of mine. Very sad… I nev­er ex­pect­ed this out­come that he would be dead,” the min­is­ter said. “We went on the range, took a lit­tle sweat, and he came to­geth­er with an­oth­er per­son. So yeah, we met him.”