While he was supposed to be celebrating his birthday, David Williams was lying dead in a pool of his own blood.
Instead of enjoying his 30th birthday celebration, Williams was being chased by two unknown assailants along Easy Street, Fyzabad, minutes away from his home.
While trying to escape, he ran into a nearby yard, where he was cornered and gunned down, around 5.30 pm yesterday.
Hearing the gunshots, occupants of the house came outside to find Williams, who is not known to them, lying face down on an old living room chair.
When the Guardian visited Williams' grandparents home in Winston Campbell Street, Fyzabad earlier today, his relatives were too distraught to speak.
Fyzabad police are continuing investigations.