Sons 9, 7 witness dad’s murder in Palmiste

Police officers are searching for a motive in the killing of a 63-year-old businessman.

Reports state around 6:20am on Thursday, officers of the San Fernando Criminal Investigations Department received a report informing that explosions were heard at Hillpiece Road, Philippine.

On arrival, they spoke to a woman who told them she was inside her apartment when she heard three gunshots. She made checks outside and discovered her husband, William Gopaul, lying motionless on his back.

Investigations later revealed that Gopaul was outside his apartment exercising with his nine and seven-year-old sons when a suspect clad in a green reflective vest with a white bandana over his head and a white face mask covering his mouth approached and asked him asked if he knew someone named “Benjamin”. Gopaul said he didn’t and was subsequently shot four times.

A white vehicle was seen driving away from the scene shortly after.

Gopaul was the owner of a company called Nanotechnology and he was a US and Canada VISA consultant.