July 14th 2022 – A 30-year-old man is being treated for a gunshot wound to his head after a shooting in downtown Port of Spain on Thursday afternoon.
Police said the man who is from St Paul Street, Port of Spain, was at the corner of South Quay and Broadway, Port of Spain, at around 12.15 pm when he was approached by a man wearing a blue Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) t-shirt and a fisherman’s hat who shot him in his head before running away.
A team of police from the Port of Spain Task Force went to the area and took the man to the hospital where he was treated.
Investigators from the Central Police Station and the Port of Spain CID visited the area and interviewed workers at nearby businesses while taking photographs of the crime scene.
Another team of police from the Port of Spain Task Force visited several areas in Sea Lots searching for the gunman but were unsuccessful up to Thursday afternoon.