Police are investigating a shooting incident in St Paul’s Avenue, Bayville, St Michael over the weekend, which resulted in one man being shot in his back and groin, and another sustaining injuries to his right arm and right knee.
Communications and Public Affairs Officer with the Barbados Police Service, Inspector Rodney Inniss said the incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Saturday in the area of Tonkie’s Sports Bar.
He said in a statement on Monday morning that according to reports, a motor car pulled up and two armed men jumped out and started shooting.
“Several persons from the area informed the police that two men had been shot and that they ran from the area. One male in his early 50s from Bayland, St Michael returned to the scene. He reported that he had received gunshot injuries to his back and groin whilst seated in a chair in the area opposite the sports bar,” Inniss said.
“This male was transported by ambulance personnel to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The second victim, also a male in his early 20s, of Bayville, St Michael, received injuries to his right arm and his right knee. He was transported to the QEH by private motorcar.” (BT)
