Soldier found shot at Camp Cumuto

The officer, whose name has been withheld by request of the regiment, is now said to be in a stable but critical condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EW MSC) in Mt Hope.

In a release sent to the media, the regiment confirmed the soldier was shot. The release said a welfare team was despatched to the camp and is also communicating with the soldier’s family.

According to regiment sources, the soldier was found slumped over in his quarters at 9.50 am yesterday. Medics attempted to resuscitate him while ambulance and emergency services were alerted.

He was first taken to the Arima Health Facility, where he was stabilised and then transferred to the EW MSC.

A photo of a man, which people claimed was the shot soldier, was circulating on social media yesterday but Public affairs manager Captain Stephan Affonso told Newsday, that photo had nothing to do with the soldier who was found yesterday.

Unconfirmed reports are that the soldier had a gunshot wound to the head.

The photo depicts a soldier in uniform, lying in a foetal position near some stairs. Affonso said investigators at the regiment have begun looking into the origin of the photo.