65-year-old robbed at gunpoint, suspect shot by police

According to police, Lawrence Baksh of Chase Village was driving his car along Cumuto Road at about12.45 pm when he was approached by four men with guns who ordered him out of the vehicle.

Baksh was robbed of a bag containing $4,000 by the men who then fled. He alerted police officers and a team from the Northern and Eastern Divisions began searching for the suspects.

Newsday was told that the four were seen in Sangre Grande area and a shootout occurred resulting in one of them being wounded. The others escaped in some bushes. The suspect was taken to the Sangre Grande hospital where he remained in serious condition yesterday.

Cpl Gordon of the Cumuto Police Station is continuing enquiries.