Four wounded in Sangre Grande Hospital site shooting

Ralph Ban­warie

A Venezue­lan na­tion­al is among four peo­ple shot and wound­ed ear­ly Sat­ur­day when gun­men opened fire on their ve­hi­cle in San­gre Grande.

Po­lice said around 12:45 a.m., a watch­man at the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal was dri­ving a black Nis­san Ti­i­da with three pas­sen­gers west along Kat­wa­roo Trace. As they neared the hos­pi­tal con­struc­tion site, they heard ex­plo­sions and felt burn­ing sen­sa­tions.

All four were tak­en to the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal's Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency Unit for treat­ment.

Of­fi­cers from the East­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force and Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tors re­spond­ed. They found twelve spent 9mm shells and are re­view­ing CCTV footage.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.