Man survives shooting attack

Kenderson “Ras” Gay was a marked target as he sat on the bonnet of his car outside Copper’s Bar in Valencia which was the scene of several shootings and murders this year.

Eyewitnesses said the shooter laid in waiting as Gay was liming with friends outside the bar.

After the shooting, the assailant escaped through a resident’s yard and over a fence.

Gay was rushed to the Sangre Grande District Hospital where he was listed in a critical condition. The latest police report stated that he was at the Intensive Care Unit of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.

Valencia Police officers were still searching for the gunman and no motive has yet been ascertained.

In an unrelated incident, a 34-year-old man, identified as Bevon Mackie of John John, Laventille, was found bleeding from gunshot wounds near the St Phillipa RC School, Laventille.

He was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.

However, he succumbed to his injuries at about 11am yesterday.

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