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Relatives of a PH driver who was shot dead in his car learnt of his tragic demise after photos of his dead body began circulating on social media yesterday morning.
Atiba “Pone” Alexander, 38, of Coquette Street, Ste Madeleine, was found with bullet wounds about the body in his car, which was parked along Old Estate Road, off Cipero Road, Bronte.
Alexander’s seatbelt was still strapped on.
Police said around 6.40 am officers of the Barrackpore Police Station responded to a report of a shooting, where they found Alexander’s body in a burgundy Almera with gunshot wounds to his chest, face and neck. Several spent shells were found on the scene.
Alexander lived with his secondary school sweetheart Candice Ramnarine and three children, ages 15, six and three, but no one was home when the Sunday Guardian visited yesterday. His mother-in-law, Patricia Ramnarine, who lives nearby, described Alexander as a humble friendly person.
“I never know Atiba to be in anything,” said Ramnarine, noting she last saw him around 5.30 pm on Friday but did not speak to him.
Ramnarine said he worked the San Fernando to Ste Madeleine route but did not know how he ended up in Bronte.
Yesterday morning a neighbour called and told her she saw on Facebook that Alexander had been murdered. Ramnarine said she immediately called her daughter Candice, who had already left home for work. Despite the crime situation, she said she never worried about him working taxi.
Police don’t believe robbery was a motive since it appeared nothing was stolen. Investigations are continuing.