A Pi­ar­co man was shot in both legs as he walked out of a bar on Sun­day morn­ing, fol­low­ing a heat­ed ex­change with a Span­ish-speak­ing woman.

Po­lice said the 25-year-old of Three B Dri­ve, Pi­ar­co was at the Vice City Bar, El Car­men, St He­le­na around 3.20 am on June 22 – when he got in­to an ar­gu­ment with the woman who was al­so at the es­tab­lish­ment.

The vic­tim told po­lice that as he ex­it­ed the bar and walked to his car, sev­er­al loud ex­plo­sions were heard.

He got in­to the ve­hi­cle and drove off.

How­ev­er, while dri­ving, he re­alised he was bleed­ing from both low­er legs and be­gan to pan­ic, caus­ing him to lose con­trol of the car and col­lide with a wall some dis­tance away from the bar.

The vic­tim con­tact­ed po­lice of­fi­cers, who took him to the Ch­agua­nas Health Cen­tre where he was treat­ed and then trans­ferred to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope.

He re­mains in a sta­ble con­di­tion.

Po­lice are search­ing for the woman whom they sus­pect is a mi­grant.