Cops/bandits shootout leaves passer-by wounded

Police have identified the injured man as Samuel George, 68, of Los Bajos. Up to yesterday evening he remained at the San Fernando General Hospital in stable condition. A police report stated that shortly after 10 am, two gunmen stormed Mohan’s Jewellers Ltd at Mucurapo Street in San Fernando.

Pointing the weapons in the direction of workers, the gunmen snatched an undisclosed amount of gold and silver jewellery from glass showcases.

As the gunmen were running off, they fired several shots in the direction of two municipal police officers who were on patrol.

George, one of many passers-by, was walking along the pavement when he was shot twice, once in the shoulder and in the abdomen.

He slumped to the ground.

The police returned fire but the gunmen managed to escape, one running along Johnstone Street and the other along Lord Street.

No one else was injured as many people scattered in different directions when the shooting began.

ASP Ali-Mohammed, Insp Don Gajadhar, Cpl Crawford, PCs Dhoray and WPC De Bough of the San Fernando CID visited the scene and searched for the suspects who remain at large.