Woman shot twice

A 30-year-old woman was shot twice in front of her Prescott Alley, East Dry River, home Friday night, police sources told Sunday Newsday yesterday.

Investigators said it was around 9.30pm that Kathy Ann Francis heard a knocking on her door.  Police said she opened her door and was confronted by a masked man. Using expletives, police said the man told Francis to come outside, after which he shot her in the mouth. Francis is reported to have struggled with the assailant, who then pushed her to the ground. There, police said Francis received a second shot, in her left shoulder.  Her attacker then fled the scene and a male relative took the bleeding woman to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH), where she is reported to be in stable condition, according to police.

Police said a report was made and a party of officers from the Besson Street Criminal Investigations Department (CID), headed by Sgt Randolph Boyce and including Cpl Clevon Browne and PCs Wayne Charles and Mervyn Edwards visited the scene and conducted investigations. The officers made a search of the area for the suspect but he was not found. Police are yet to establish a motive for the shooting of the woman. PC Edwards is continuing investigations.