Maracas Bay man shot in heel

A Mara­cas Bay res­i­dent had to be treat­ed at hos­pi­tal on Mon­day, af­ter he was shot by a man known to him fol­low­ing an al­leged dis­pute.

The 37-year-old vic­tim of Old Bay Road, Mara­cas Bay – re­port­ed that around 5 pm on No­vem­ber 9, he was at the Mara­cas Bay Fish­ing Vil­lage in the vicin­i­ty of Leno’s Shop when he was ap­proached by a man known to him.

It was fur­ther claimed the man slapped the vic­tim on the right side of his face be­fore get­ting in­to a car and dri­ving away.

The sus­pect re­port­ed­ly re­turned with a sec­ond man who was al­so known to him, who al­leged­ly got out of the car with a gun in hand, fol­low­ing which he fired once at him, strik­ing him in the left heel.

The two sus­pects drove off as the in­jured man sought help from a near­by res­i­dent.

The bleed­ing man was tak­en to his home fol­low­ing which he no­ti­fied the po­lice about the in­ci­dent.

Re­spond­ing of­fi­cers took the vic­tim to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he was treat­ed and dis­charged. - ALP