Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

A To­ba­go doc­tor was shot as she used her body as a hu­man shield to pro­tect her ba­by when gun­men opened fire out­side Pablo’s Su­per­mar­ket on Wind­ward Road, Ar­gyle yes­ter­day.

Dr Ayana Par­risi­enne-James, 35, was in­jured in the at­tack on Thurs­day evening while she and her one-year-old daugh­ter wait­ed in their car.

Around 7.55 last night Par­risi­enne-James and her daugh­ter were seat­ed in their car when the shots rang out.

Her hus­band, who had stepped in­to the su­per­mar­ket mo­ments be­fore, rushed back to the ve­hi­cle af­ter hear­ing the gun­fire. He found his wife in the back seat, crouched pro­tec­tive­ly over their daugh­ter, bleed­ing from a wound in her right shoul­der.

Par­risi­enne-James was im­me­di­ate­ly tak­en to Rox­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where she re­ceived treat­ment be­fore be­ing trans­ferred to Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal by am­bu­lance.

Po­lice of­fi­cers from the Rox­bor­ough Po­lice Sta­tion, along with mem­bers of the To­ba­go Di­vi­sion­al Task Force and the Guard and Emer­gency Branch, re­spond­ed to the scene. They re­cov­ered five spent shells.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.