Mickey Babwah, of Parray Lane, El Socorro Extension, El Socorro, was shot multiple times while standing at the corner of Chootoo and Chanka Trace with group of people.
A total of 16 spent 9 mm shells were recovered from the crime scene, investigators said.
A report said officers of the Guard and Emergency Branch responded to a report of a shooting in the area around 5.55 pm just as the injured man was taken away by a relative.
PCs McKoonsingh, Brown, Lange and Burke secured the crime scene and called in teams from Crime Scene Unit and the Homicide Bureau.
Investigators said the shooter, who came on foot, was later picked up by a getaway driver parked several streets north of the scene.
Detectives said Babwah was known drug dealer. He had been arrested during the State of Emergency in 2011 and charged with being in possession of an illegal firearm and gang-realted activties. The gang-related charges were subsequently dismissed.
Days before his arrest in August 2011, his father, Basdeo “Dragon” Babwah, 58, a watchman, was killed in his guard booth at a business place in Chanka Trace, El Socorro Extension, San Juan.
In August 2009, he and his wife, Anisa Babwah, appeared in court charged with having in their possession, a .38 revolver, ten rounds of ammunition, and 135.6 grammes of marijuana.
The injured man was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.