Excavator operator killed, friend injured

funeral and my wife had to make a wedding cake in the area [Tucville],” Chacon’s father, Dereck Chacon, told Stabroek News.

He explained that he had asked his daughter to pick him and his wife up and she said she would’ve sent a taxi, so they were surprised when they discovered that she was in the car.

“We were outside waiting and the car passed us and went to the bridge to turn around and then we heard the bullets.

I never thought it would’ve been her and that car but then after the boy got shot he come out of the vehicle and ran towards us,” the man explained, adding that Perreira fell to the ground and told him that his daughter had been shot.

“That’s when we run to the car and she was on the ground and I rush to she and start to pray with her and I tried to talk to her and tell her it would be okay,” Chacon’s father said. He pointed out that the police arrived soon after and they were rushed to the hospital.

He added that currently his daughter is in a stable condition and is recovering. The businessman is in police custody assisting with investigations.