THE BULLET-riddled bodies of two men were yesterday found in a vehicle parked across the middle of a road in Penal.

Gary Shah, 35 of Gransaul Street, San Fernando and Anderson Edmund, 22, of Lodge Road, Claxton Bay were found dead in a gold coloured Mazda 323 vehicle.

Their bodies bore several gunshot wounds. Shah who was in the driver's seat, was shot in his face and chest. Edmund, the front seat passenger, had gunshot wounds to the left side of his chest and left hand. Seventeen spent shells were found outside the car.

The men's money was in their pockets. Items of jewelry including handbands, rings and chains were still on their bodies, police said.

The two were last seen liming at a bar at Batchyia Trace, Penal where they had an altercation with another man, reports said.

Around 4.15 a.m. a driver on his way to work was blocked by the Mazda 323 stopped across the roadway close to Ramjattan Trace junction.

The man saw the two men slumped in the car.

Investigations are being spearheaded by Siparia Acting Superintendent Franklyn Sampath, Inspector Joanne Archie of the Siparia CID and Sgt Douglas Penal CID. Sgts Ramdeen and Parriman of Southern Division Homicide and WPC Johnson and constable McLeod were also on the scene.

The bodies were ordered removed by District Medical Officer Dr Bagarattie. The vehicle is at the Siparia CID office where fingerprint testing is to be done.

Yesterday Shah's sister Nadine Shah said she had no idea who would want to kill her sibling.

"I heard some conflicting talk about an altercation and the next thing I heard is that they were dead," Shah said.

She said this was the second death in the family in recent months.

Last May, Shah lost her 12-year-old son Andre Shah. He was found hanging from a towel in the bathroom after he went to have a shower. The Standard Four pupil's death was classified an accident by police officers.

"I lost my son four months ago and now my brother. It is just too much," she said yesterday.

Gary Shah was married and had four children between the ages of three and 16. He worked with an off-shore company, Nadine Shah said.

Edmund was a taxi driver. Relatives said he had plans to join the Defence Force and wanted to settle down and have a family.