Jensen La Vende

Two men are in hos­pi­tal un­der po­lice guard af­ter they were shot by po­lice in sep­a­rate in­ci­dents af­ter at­tack­ing the law­men.

Po­lice re­port­ed that in Port-of-Spain, a man was held and a loaded ri­fle seized af­ter he was ar­rest­ed for shoot­ing at po­lice.

Po­lice as­signed to the In­ter Agency Task Force were on pa­trol when they re­ceived a re­port around 9.30 pm on Fri­day, of “strange men” at 42 Street, Mc Shine Lands.

Dur­ing a foot pa­trol of the area, the of­fi­cers, con­sta­bles James, Gid­dens and Forde, led by Cpl Bood­hoo were con­front­ed by a man in a white jer­sey and black short pants, with a gun in hand.

The of­fi­cers re­port­ed­ly told the man to drop his gun but in­stead he opt­ed to point his gun at the of­fi­cers.

Be­fore he could shoot, Cpl Bood­hoo fired twice, hit­ting the man in the right arm. Po­lice re­cov­ered an Amer­i­can Tac­ti­cal Om­ni Hy­brid Mul­ti­cal Ri­fle along with 21 rounds of 5.56 am­mu­ni­tion.

He was tak­en to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he re­mains in a sta­ble con­di­tion.

In the sec­ond in­ci­dent, a cut­lass wield­ing man was shot in the leg in San­gre Grande dur­ing a po­lice ex­er­cise this morn­ing.

Po­lice re­port­ed that dur­ing sev­er­al op­er­a­tions car­ried out be­tween 1 am and 5 am, co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr. Supt. Pa­ponette and su­per­vised by In­sp Harp­er, of­fi­cers went to Swan Quar­ry in search of arms and am­mu­ni­tion.

Around 1.45 am, while search­ing the home of a 46-year-old man, sergeants Ramdeen, Fran­cis, and Ho­sein along with Cpl Ma­hadeo were at­tacked. Po­lice said the man swung a cut­lass, hit­ting the hel­met of one of the of­fi­cers. Dur­ing the at­tack the man was shot in the left leg.

Noth­ing il­le­gal was found at the man’s house.