2 shot near police station

According to a police report at about 9.50 pm, Kern Moore, 36, of Powder Magazine in Cocorite experienced mechanical problems with his vehicle near the John John Towers.

Moore was trying to repair the vehicle when he was approached by a man unknown to him who began asking him about the whereabouts of certain people in the John John area. When Moore told the man he was not from the area and did not know any of the people, the man began making threats at Moore who turned and ran. On reaching the River Side Plaza which houses the Police Service’s Homicide Investigations Bureau, Moore fell as he was shot in the right leg.

A second man, Meshach Quamina, 21, of East Dry River who was walking nearby was also shot in the leg.

Officers on duty at the Bureau later took the men to the Port of Spain General Hospital where they were treated and kept overnight. No arrest has been made and investigations are ongoing.