Shane Su­perville

A 36-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were shot while trav­el­ling through St Au­gus­tine Wednes­day night.

Po­lice said the cou­ple was trav­el­ling in a grey Nis­san B14, around 9.30 pm on Col­lege Road, near a shop when they heard gun­shots.

Af­ter dri­ving a short dis­tance away, the man felt a burn­ing sen­sa­tion on both hands and re­alised he was bleed­ing; while the woman felt a pain to the side of her head.

The man called a near­by rel­a­tive who drove the bleed­ing cou­ple to the hos­pi­tal.

The man was treat­ed for gun­shot wounds to fin­gers on both hands while the woman was grazed by bul­lets to her head and the right side of her face.

Both man and woman are in sta­ble con­di­tion as of Thurs­day morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers of the North Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force vis­it­ed the scene and found the B14 with sev­er­al bul­let holes.

The car was towed to the St Joseph po­lice sta­tion for fur­ther en­quiries.