Police officer and brother discharged

PC Larry Le Gendre,35, and his brother Lawrence,30, are now home resting and said to be in stable condition following gunshot injuries sustained to their face and neck respectively.

According to a police report, at about 1.25 am on Saturday, the policeman and his brother were liming at the Country Cabin Sports Bar along Torrib Trace, New Grant when the incident occurred. Police report , the brothers, their father Alexander, 63, and patrons were playing a game or pool, when three armed men stormed into the bar.

Police said that one of the men was armed with a cutlass and the other two were armed with firearms.

Reports said that the masked men ordered the patrons to lie to the ground before opening fire. While the police office and his brother were about to lie to the ground the men opened fire.

Larry, who is on vacation leave, sustained a wound to the face and Lawrence was hit in his neck. The brothers reside at Le Gendre Robert Village, Tableland. The men then fled the scene. The siblings’ mother, Marian, yesterday told Newsday Larry was discharged on Tuesday and his younger brother on Monday.

“I am just happy that they are home and safe.