Cop shot at Lady Young Rd

PC Smith, who works at the Police Administration Building, was driving a marked police car at about 3.15 pm yesterday when he received information that two men with guns were seen in the area. Smith saw the men in some bushes off the road. He confronted the men and an exchange of gunfire ensued.

He was shot in the upper left arm and called for backup as the men escaped. Police responded and took Smith to the Port of Spain General Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.