Laventille man gunned down in his front yard

AN­NA LISA PAUL

Se­nior Re­porter

A Laven­tille man who had just re­turned home from buy­ing gro­ceries was killed as he drove in­to his yard on Tues­day night.

Shawn Mc Lean, 47, of Up­per Whar­ton Street, Laven­tille, and Par­ris Boule­vard, Mor­vant, was shot mul­ti­ple times around 8:55 pm on De­cem­ber 30.

The shoot­ing at Up­per Whar­ton Street left Mc Lean’s com­mon-law wife in shock, while near­by res­i­dents seemed un­both­ered.

Re­ports in­di­cate Mc Lean left home around 7:45 pm to go to the gro­cery store, and up­on his re­turn just over an hour lat­er, gun­shots were heard com­ing from out­side.

Up­on check­ing, Mc Lean’s wife found that his black Kia Rio had crashed in­to a wall and he was slumped over the steer­ing wheel.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors re­cov­ered 18 spent 9-mil­lime­tre and 12 spent 5.56-mil­lime­tre shell cas­ings at the scene.