Landscaper shot in San Juan ambush

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

A 47-year-old land­scap­er was shot af­ter he drove to San Juan to meet a po­ten­tial client who con­tact­ed his com­pa­ny by tele­phone on Mon­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said the land­scap­er and a clerk vis­it­ed More­au Road, San Juan, around 9.30 am to meet the client.

While parked at the side of the road, the land­scap­er no­ticed a stranger dressed in black and wear­ing a blue sur­gi­cal mask ap­proach­ing his van.

The land­scap­er drove off as the sus­pect pulled out a gun and shot him on the left side of his neck.

The wound­ed man drove to the San Juan Po­lice Sta­tion, where he was tak­en to hos­pi­tal, treat­ed and dis­charged.

Po­lice said the clerk, who was al­so in the van at the time, was un­harmed.

Of­fi­cers of the San Juan CID and the North East­ern Di­vi­sion Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tions (CSI) Unit vis­it­ed the scene and found 12 spent 9mm shells.