JAMAL Peters, described by family and friends as a "girls man", died doing what he loved the most.

Peters, 24, better known by his alias "Pumpkin", was shot dead while talking to a female friend around 2.00 p.m. yesterday.

The busy corner of Pashley Street and Old St Joseph Road, was the scene of yesterday's killing in broad daylight. It was also the scene of other fatal shootings in recent times.

Reports are that Peters had just left a nearby grocery and was talking to a young lady at the corner, when a gunman walked up to him.

The shooter, with a gun in one hand, pulled down Peters' cap with the other and fired four shots at him, police said. Peters slumped to the ground and died on the spot and the gunman ran off.

Peters, of Buller Street, Laventille, who was before the courts facing a rape charge, was bailed out from jail last week, police said.

Investigating officers said Peters' killing, which took the toll to 362, is believed to be linked to an ongoing turf battle between warring gangs from Pashley Street and the nearby Beetham Gardens.

However, both police and residents from the area said Peters was not known to be a gang member.

They believe he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and not the specific target of the gunman.

At the same corner around 4.30 p.m. last Friday, 23-year-old Peter Gomez, from Pump Trace, Laventille, was shot and chased while liming with a group of friends.

Gomez, who ran toward Erica Street, Rock City, Laventille, with the shooter in pursuit, died on his way to the Port of Spain General Hospital.

Investigations are continuing.