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stanley website day 17 June 2023Nicholas Jordan, 15, was one of two people shot dead while liming with his father and friends on Mt Pleasant Road, Arima, on Thursday night. - PHOTO COURTESY JORDAN FAMILYMinutes after he promised his mother that he and his father would be coming home shortly, 15-year-old Nicholas Turi Jordan was gunned down with Aneil Toolsie, 35, in Arima, on Thursday night.Police said Jordan and his father Aeshwah Jordan were walking home at around 8 pm on Mt Pleasant Road, when they stopped to talk with Toolsie and a relative when they were confronted by a gunman who shot at the group before running away.Jordan died at the scene while Toolsie and others were taken to the hospital where Toolsie was declared dead.Investigators said the elder Jordan was grazed by bullets on his forehead and left foot.Speaking with Newsday at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, on Friday, Jordan s mother Subrina Williams said she was at home when the shooting began.She said based on information from people at the scene, including Jordan s father, her son s actions may have saved his father s life. I feel like my heart was ripped open, really, really hard. He blocked his father, so he turned his body so he w
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CommentaryGetting it right, one child at a timeGabrielle HoseinTuesday 22
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