An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

A 25-year-old man from Laven­tille Road, San Juan, re­mained in po­lice cus­tody up to yes­ter­day, af­ter re­port­ed­ly shoot­ing his neigh­bour twice and in­jur­ing him­self in the process.

The sus­pect al­leged­ly walked up to the 34-year-old vic­tim, who was stand­ing in his gar­den at his home at La Hoe Road, off Laven­tille Road, Febeau Vil­lage, San Juan, at 3.30 pm on Sat­ur­day.

The vic­tim, who has known the sus­pect for over 20 years, said the man point­ed a gun at him and fired twice, hit­ting him in the right side of his chest and left arm.

As the vic­tim col­lapsed, the sus­pect ran off.

Peo­ple who were near­by took the vic­tim to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope, where he was treat­ed and ward­ed.

Whilst pro­vid­ing law­men with a state­ment at hos­pi­tal, the vic­tim point­ed out the sus­pect, who had sought med­ical at­ten­tion for a gun­shot wound to the right foot.

He was sub­se­quent­ly ar­rest­ed, fol­low­ing which he was treat­ed and then dis­charged in­to the care of the po­lice.

The sus­pect was lat­er tak­en to the Barataria Po­lice Sta­tion.