Four shot in the west

Officers of the Western Division are investigating three reports of shootings, which left four men injured. In the first incident which occurred Saturday night, Dennis Nibblett, 45, of Southern Main Road, Chaguanas, was carrying out deliveries at Blue Basin around 9.30 pm, when he was approached by three men who robbed him of $1,600. They shot him in the left leg and escaped in a waiting car. Nibblett was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was warded in satisfactory condition. Then at 7.30 pm Sunday, Tion Anthony, 21 of Bagatelle was liming with friends at River Estate, when he was confronted by three masked men. They shot him in the left leg and lower hip. He was taken to the Port-of-Spain Hospital and warded in a serious condition. At 8.45 pm Sunday, Richard Homie, 18, and Richard Goddard, 26, were at Savannah Terrace, Diego Martin, when a man came out of the pavilion and fired six shots. Homie was shot in the back while Goddard,  suffered gunshot injuries to both legs. Both men are warded at the Port-of-Spain Hospital in serious condition. Senior officers expressed alarm at the shootings, and said that an anti-crime initiative will be put in place to deal with those shootings.