A San Fer­nan­do con­struc­tion work­er is bat­tling for his life at San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al hos­pi­tal, af­ter be­ing shot six times about the body.Po­lice said around 8.35 pm on Sat­ur­day, Ken­son Rod­ney, 26, of Carl­ton Lane, San Fer­nan­do, was stand­ing in front of Build­ing 12, when a man ap­proached him.

The man be­gan ask­ing Rod­ney about the where­abouts of a known drug lord. Rod­ney told the man that he did not know any­thing about the drug lord. The man then whipped out a gun and start­ed fir­ing, po­lice said. Rod­ney was struck on the ab­domen. He was rushed by am­bu­lance to San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he un­der­went emer­gency surgery. Po­lice of­fi­cers, in­clud­ing PC Sul­li­man, vis­it­ed the scene and re­cov­ered six spent shells.

No ar­rests have yet been made.