A GUNMAN was shot and killed early yesterday morning by a man he was intending to rob, police told The Tribune yesterday.

The assailant, who was armed with a shotgun, approached a man who had just parked his Honda vehicle at his residence at Lexington Avenue near Wulff Road, Central Detective Unit Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle said.

Upon seeing the assailant’s firearm drawn, the man then got his weapon and shot his attacker in his upper body, Mr. Rolle said.

The gunman, who was recently released from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, then fled the scene but collapsed nearby a short time later.

Police have not released the victim’s identity, as his family has not been notified. However, police said he was in his early 20’s.

Police were called to the scene around 1am.

This incident marks the 53rd homicide in the country this year, according to The Tribune’s records and came four days after a young man was shot multiple times and killed while sitting in his car waiting for his girlfriend.

He was parked outside of Jimmy’s Take Away off Carmichael Road around 1:30am last Sunday when the shooting occurred.

According to police, that victim was sitting in his car outside the takeaway restaurant waiting for his female friend, who was closing the establishment, when a man with a handgun approached him and shot him multiple times before fleeing the area on foot.

The woman drove the victim to the parking lot of the Carmichael Road Police Station where he died shortly after his arrival.

The Tribune understands he is Huey James, also known as “Slug”.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.

By Khrisna Virgil, Tribune Staff Reporter

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