A 30-year-old man from Dun­don­ald Hill, St James, was shot and in­jured by po­lice of­fi­cers on Mon­day af­ter­noon, af­ter al­leged­ly at­tempt­ing to stab them with a sharp­ened ob­ject.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, WPC Roberts and PC McIn­tosh of the E999/ERP unit, were on mo­bile pa­trol in a marked po­lice ve­hi­cle along Dun­don­ald Hill at 2.45 pm, when they no­ticed the sus­pect be­hav­ing sus­pi­cious­ly with an ob­ject in his waist­band.

The of­fi­cers stopped and at­tempt­ed to search him, at which point he al­leged­ly pulled out a sharp­ened ob­ject and lunged at them in an er­rat­ic and vi­o­lent man­ner. The of­fi­cers dis­charged their firearms, shoot­ing the sus­pect twice in the legs.

He was tak­en to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment and lat­er dis­charged.

He is cur­rent­ly in cus­tody at the St James Po­lice Sta­tion pend­ing fur­ther in­ves­ti­ga­tions, with charges ex­pect­ed to be laid.

Se­nior of­fi­cers, in­clud­ing Act­ing ASP Brown, Act­ing In­spec­tor De Gale, and of­fi­cers from the West­ern Di­vi­sion, vis­it­ed the scene. Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tors, in­clud­ing PC George and WPC Al­leyne, processed the area.

An in­ves­ti­ga­tor is ex­pect­ed to be ap­point­ed to over­see the case.