Two in­jured in a dri­ve-by shoot­ing along St Paul Street, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day af­ter­noon left two men nurs­ing in­juries at hos­pi­tal.

The man be­lieved to be the in­tend­ed tar­get was shot in the left leg and hip as he hus­tled to sell wa­ter to passers-by at 3 pm, as stu­dents and el­der­ly per­sons walked to their homes near­by.

The sec­ond vic­tim was said to be one of the shoot­ers in the car, whom of­fi­cers claimed was ac­ci­den­tal­ly shot by his ac­com­plices.

Of­fi­cers who re­spond­ed to the shoot­ing took the in­jured men to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where they were both treat­ed and ward­ed in sta­ble con­di­tions.

A par­ty of of­fi­cers, led by ASP Sood­een, In­sp Dur­ga, Sgt Bhag­wan­deen, along with Cpls Den­nis and Ali, vis­it­ed the scene where sev­er­al spent 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm spent shells were re­cov­ered.

In a sep­a­rate in­ci­dent, the op­er­a­tions of the San Juan North Sec­ondary School were not dis­rupt­ed de­spite a shoot­ing near­by dur­ing the mid-morn­ing pe­ri­od.

Of­fi­cials said the school had been host­ing a Form Two Par­ents' Day and as such, the dai­ly op­er­a­tions were re­strict­ed to a few stu­dents present.

While the par­ents, stu­dents and teach­ers who were present heard the gun­fire, the school con­tin­ued with its planned ac­tiv­i­ties un­der the watch­ful eyes of the uni­formed of­fi­cers who ar­rived short­ly af­ter re­ports were re­ceived. - An­na-Lisa Paul