Princes Town man escapes gun attack

Sascha Wil­son

A 29-year-old Princes Town man nar­row­ly es­caped an at­tempt on his life on Tues­day night.

Po­lice said that around 7.30pm, the vic­tim was stand­ing on the road in front of his home along Na­pari­ma Ma­yaro Road in Iere Vil­lage when a black car stopped near­by.

A gun­man got out of the ve­hi­cle and opened fire. The vic­tim ran to the back of his home and was not in­jured.

The as­sailant then got back in­to the car, which sped away from the scene.

Of­fi­cers of the Princes Town CID and the South­ern Di­vi­sion Area East Task Force vis­it­ed the scene and re­cov­ered 18 spent 9mm shells, two live rounds of am­mu­ni­tion, a pro­jec­tile and a met­al frag­ment.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.