Man shot twice in two days

Hayden Phillip, 21, underwent emergency surgery on Monday night and was fighting to stay alive at hospital.

The bullet which was fired at him in a drive-by shooting struck him in the neck and exited through his right ear.

He is scheduled to have follow-up surgery shortly.

Phillip’s relatives told Newsday they have no idea why he has been targetted by killers.

According to police reports, Phillip was in a shed at the corner of Pashley Street, Laventille, at 9.15 am on Sunday, when he was approached by a man who asked him to leave the shed.

Phillip refused and was shot in the left thigh. He was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was treated and warded.

On Sunday night, Phillip discharged himself from the Port-of-Spain General Hospital and went to his Trou Macaque Road home in Laventille where he was treated by his mother Sharon Cummings. Reports revealed that Cummings heard a loud explosion outside her home at 8.15 pm on Monday, and on checking saw Phillip lying in a pool of blood.

An eyewitness claimed he was shot in the neck by a gunman who was in the front passenger seat of a car.

Phillip was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he underwent surgery.

Police investigators believe Phillip was shot for the second time by the same man who shot him in the left thigh on Sunday.

A suspect is being sought in connection with both shootings.