A shooting during the filming of a video for Jamaican dance hall artist Sean Paul left one man dead yesterday. The video was for ‘Get Busy’, the follow up to ‘Gimme The Light’, a track currently at number eight in the US singles chart. According to local media reports the victim, 21-year-old Ramesh Christie, was shot in the abdomen at around 8.30pm in Vaughn, an area on the northern outskirts of Toronto. He was pronounced dead at Etobicoke General Hospital.
"We were all inside shooting the music video and we heard gunshots outside," a production crew member told reporters. "It was extras, apparently, who shot the guy."
In a statement Paul told reporters: "I was deeply saddened to hear that a shooting occurred last night in the vicinity of my video shoot. Although I did not witness the incident, my sympathy and prayers go out to the victim's family and to those who have been affected by this tragedy. We must overcome violence and hatred. All life is precious. Respect."