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San Fernando General Hospital – Photo by Ayanna Kinsale
A MAN caught red-handed throwing objects at passing vehicles has been wounded in a police-involved shooting in the Barrackpore district on May 7.
The man, 34, believed to have a psychological disorder, was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital and was in critical condition.
The police said at around 12.18 pm, a corporal and a constable were on enquiries in the Barrackpore district.
On reaching the Number Two Scale on the New Colonial Road, they saw a man throwing bricks at vehicles.
The officers tried to speak to the man, instead, he approached the corporal with a cutlass and lunged towards him.
The policeman shot the man, who was taken to the hospital.
Investigations are ongoing.
