Trinidad Cervantes said on the stand Thursday he “panicked” and was afraid for his life when he closed his eyes and fired seven shots at an angry driver on 165th Street in Hammond.
Outside the courtroom, the elder Rajesh Bhagwandeen, the victim’s father, a Trinidad and Tobago native, disputed his son would have snapped at someone on the road. He was “laid back,” the man said.
About three decades ago, whenever a fatal vehicle accident happened near the Claxton Bay flyover, people would blame the headless statue on the hill overlooking the highway. That statue had ...