Coconut vendor Amar Bissoon, 20, of Dookiesingh Street Extension, St Augustine, was shot and killed on Thursday evening around 6:30 PM while sitting on the pavement opposite Samaroo Avenue with his girlfriend, selling coconuts. A white Nissan AD Wagon (registration PDA 1569) pulled up in front of them, and a man exited from the left rear passenger seat, approached Bissoon, and fired multiple shots at his head and body before returning to the vehicle and fleeing. Bissoon's girlfriend ran into a nearby yard and escaped injury; when she returned moments later, she found him bleeding. Relatives rushed Bissoon to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 6:40 PM. Officers from the St Augustine Police Station recovered 11 spent 9mm Luger shell casings at the scene; no arrests have been made and the motive remains under investigation.
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This is the 4th murder reported in St Augustine in 2026.
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Community Standing: Stable — St Augustine
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