A 44-year-old woman re­mains ward­ed in a crit­i­cal con­di­tion af­ter she was shot while on her way home in Mara­bel­la on Thurs­day.

Pre­lim­i­nary po­lice in­quiries stat­ed around 6.20 pm, Jacque­line Joseph was re­turn­ing from Williams Food Cot­tage when a white ve­hi­cle, make and mod­el un­known, pulled up be­side her along Boodoos­ingh Dri­ve.

Sev­er­al gun­shots were fired, and the ve­hi­cle sped off in an un­known di­rec­tion. She col­lapsed in front a res­i­dent’s premis­es and was sub­se­quent­ly trans­port­ed by the po­lice to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Po­lice did not dis­close a mo­tive for the shoot­ing.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors re­cov­ered ten spent 9 mm shells and two pro­jec­tiles at the scene. Res­i­dents were in­ter­viewed, and ef­forts to ob­tain cam­era footage are on­go­ing.

Cpl Mod­este of the Mara­bel­la Po­lice Sta­tion is in­ves­ti­gat­ing.

—Sascha Wil­son