A man was gunned down in Arima in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Forty year old Sergio Fraser was liming at a friend’s home at around 1:20, when four men emerged from nearby bushes with one of them opening fire, killing him almost immediately.

Residents who heard the gunshots contacted Arima police , who visited the scene with homicide investigators and a district medical officer declared him dead.

Police recovered two spent 5.56 shells, three .9mm shells and a live round of .40 calibre ammunition from the scene.