A drive-by shooting in New Grant, Princes Town, has left four people, including two women, nursing injuries.
The victims, one of whom is a Venezuelan national, were liming around 9.45 pm on Friday at Church Road Junction, Sixth Company Circular Road, near Sheldon’s Shop.
Police said a white Nissan AD wagon stopped and the occupants opened fire, hitting two men, aged 42 and 40, of San Fernando and New Grant respectively, a 28-year-old Venezuelan and a 27-year-old woman of New Grant. They were all treated at the Princes Town District Health Facility, but the 40-year-old victim was sent to the San Fernando General Hospital for further treatment.
Police officers later discovered the wagon with no registration plates abandoned in a bushy area off Downing Trace, Petite Cafe.
Inquires revealed that the wagon was reported stolen from the Tunapuna area on August 25. Crime scene investigators retrieved three spent 5.56 shells inside the wagon.
Princes Town police are investigating.