Estate constable shoots himself during patrol

Sascha Wil­son

An es­tate con­sta­ble ac­ci­den­tal­ly shot him­self in the foot dur­ing a rou­tine pa­trol in Mara­bel­la on Thurs­day night.

The 36-year-old con­sta­ble, em­ployed with Amal­ga­mat­ed Se­cu­ri­ty Ser­vices, was on pa­trol in the Mara­bel­la Po­lice Dis­trict with a col­league, check­ing TSTT in­stal­la­tions.

Short­ly be­fore 10.00 p.m., he was check­ing an in­stal­la­tion at the Pointe-a-Pierre Bridge when he leaned over a rail­ing while hold­ing his is­sued Es­cort 12-gauge shot­gun. The firearm dis­charged and he was struck in his right foot.

When he ar­rived at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, a nurse con­tact­ed po­lice. Of­fi­cers seized the shot­gun, 11 rounds of 12-gauge car­tridges and a spent cas­ing.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.