Rad­hi­ca Sookraj

A se­cu­ri­ty guard re­mains ward­ed un­der po­lice guard at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter shoot­ing off his pe­nis in Rio Claro, yes­ter­day.Po­lice said around 8 am they re­ceived a call from a res­i­dent that a gun­shot was heard com­ing from a parked car.The po­lice re­spond­ed and found a 33-year-old man slumped be­hind the steer­ing wheel.

He was bleed­ing from his groin area and a .38 firearm with four rounds of am­mu­ni­tion was found in his right front pock­et.The man, who said he lived in Lopinot, was tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he re­mains ward­ed un­der po­lice guard. In­ves­ti­ga­tors con­duct­ed a trace on the man and found out that he did not pos­sess a firearm users' li­cence.He is ex­pect­ed to be charged for il­le­gal pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion.

Mean­while, in a sep­a­rate in­ci­dent, po­lice are search­ing for two men who staged a rob­bery in Mara­bel­la.In­ves­ti­ga­tors said around 1.30 am, Aleem Ho­sein, 20, and Amar See­lal, 26, both of Mara­bel­la were lim­ing at Ram­samooj Street when two men walked up to them and asked for di­rec­tions.

One of the men then pulled out a gun and robbed the men of two cell phones and $80. The rob­bers es­caped in a wait­ing white car.Mara­bel­la po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.