An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-Lisa.Paul@guardian.co.tt

One man was killed, an­oth­er was in­jured, and a third es­caped un­hurt dur­ing a shoot­ing in Co­corite on Fri­day night. The de­ceased has been iden­ti­fied as Justin Ar­joon, 20, of Far­fan Street, Co­corite, St James.

A man of Fort George Hill, St James, who was shot in the left up­per leg and right wrist, re­mained hos­pi­talised in a sta­ble con­di­tion yes­ter­day. A third per­son of Sage Street, Co­corite, St James, es­caped un­harmed.

The three men were re­port­ed­ly sit­ting in a red Suzu­ki Fronx parked in the vicin­i­ty of the bas­ket­ball court at Phase Two, Pow­der Mag­a­zine, around 11 pm when a gun­man alight­ed from a pass­ing ve­hi­cle and opened fire on them.

Ar­joon was al­leged to have been seat­ed in the back seat of the car, while the two vic­tims were in the front.

The trio were said to have been wait­ing on some­one when they were am­bushed.

Mem­bers of the West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force ar­rived to find Ar­joon alive and rushed him to the St James In­fir­mary, where he lat­er suc­cumbed to in­juries on the op­er­at­ing ta­ble. He was pro­nounced dead at 11.51 pm.

A to­tal of 14 nine mm spent shells were re­cov­ered at the scene.