Pentagon security guard fights for life

A 32-year-old Pentagon security officer was up to late yesterday fighting for his life after he was shot in the wee hours of yesterday during a robbery incident in which one of his colleagues had his firearm stolen. Glen Forde, of Railway Road, Guaico, was undergoing emergency surgery at Port-of-Spain General Hospital up to press time last night. It is reported that around 1am yesterday Pentagon officer Gerard Flanders, 30, of Olton Road, Arima, was on duty at Caribbean Steel Mills, with three other security guards, one of whom was Forde.

Police said three masked and armed men approached and held them up.  They then robbed Flanders of his firearm and four rounds of ammunition. The bandits then shot Forde in his lower left abdomen, they made good their escape.  Forde was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. No arrests have been made and PC Gyan of the Arima Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is continuing investigations into the robbery/shooting.