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Police cars on a crime scene. – File photo by Jeff K Mayers
A police officer is being treated at hospital after he was shot near a bar in Barataria on February 10.
Reports say PC Aaron Francois, who was off-duty, was liming near a bar along Sixth Avenue when the incident occurred.
Francois was involved in a confrontation with several men liming near the bar at around 3am, a police report said.
After the confrontation, a man approached Francois and fired several shots in his direction, hitting him.
The suspect escaped in a silver Nissan Tiida.
Francois was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he remains warded.
