Late night limers shot

BESSON Street police are investigating two unrelated shootings which occurred within an hour of each other on Monday night in Laventille.

In the first incident, around 10.10 pm, Anderson Gouldston, 35, was walking towards his Pashley Street, Laventille, home when he was confronted by two masked men armed with guns. One of them demanded that Gouldston, “pass everything”. When Gouldston hesitated, the bandits fired several times at him. One of the bullets struck him in the right wrist. At 11 pm, Allan James, 23, of Eastern Quarry, Laventille, was sitting on a chair at the side of the road, while Marlon Ross, 23, of the same address, was speaking to his girlfriend at a nearby phone booth.

Two masked, armed men came out of some bushes, pointed guns at Ross and opened fire, forcing him to run off. One of the bullets struck James in his nose, as Ross ran in front of him (James). The gunmen then ran off. Both victims were taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital for treatment and discharged. Besson Street police were alerted and officers under Ag Insp Persad and including Cpl Reuben Alleyne and PC Sookdeo, visited the scene and carried out unsuccessful searches for the two gunmen. Up to late yesterday no arrests had been made and Cpl Alleyne and PC Sookdeo are continuing investigations.