A Tobago teenager is fighting for his life at Scarborough General Hospital after being shot and left to die on Friday in Lambeau.
Lennox Eastman, 19, from Bon Accord, was found semi-conscious with a gunshot wound to his upper chest at Browne’s Lane around just after midnight. When police arrived, they found the teenager lying on the ground, bleeding profusely, and immediately transported him to the hospital.
Initial investigations suggest that the teenager was with a friend on Credit Union Street when they noticed a pickup van with no licence plates nearby. The van reportedly sped towards them.
His friend managed to escape, but he was chased and shot at multiple times. Up to yesterday afternoon, he remained in an unstable condition at the hospital, receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the upper chest.
—Elizabeth Gonzales