3 persons shot

A FEMALE souse proprietor was among three people shot and wounded in separate incidents Saturday night and yesterday morning, police sources said. The victims have been identified as Angela Bissoon, 47, of Kelly Trace, Carapo, David Jack, 25, of Water Reserve Road, La Fillette Village, Blanchisseuse and Junior Gaskin, 24, of Mohammed’s Trace, St Augustine. In the Bissoon shooting, police said around 10.45 pm Saturday the woman, in company with her 18-year-old daughter, Susan, were selling souse on Carapo Main Road, near the Santa Rosa Recreation Club. Police said two masked men, one armed with a firearm, approached the two women.  The elder Bissoon reportedly resisted and was subsequently shot on the right calf. The men then stole $50 in cash along with a chain and two rings together valued $1,300.  They escaped in a waiting vehicle. The shot woman was taken to the Arima Hospital where she was treated for a flesh wound.

Acting Cpl Gosine of the Arouca Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is continuing investigations. In the other shooting, police said around 4 am yesterday Jack was liming at the Diana Bar, Water Reserve Road, when he allegedly got into an argument with another man. Police said the man whipped out a shotgun and shot Jack on the left thigh and right foot. The gunman who is from Las Cuevas Village then fled the scene on foot. Residents contacted the Blanchisseuse Health Centre for an ambulance, which later arrived and took the wounded man to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he underwent surgery and is reported to be in stable condition. Cpl John of the Blanchisseuse Police Station is spearheading investigations. In the other shooting incident, police said around 9.45 am Gaskin was near his home when he was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm. Gaskin told police that the men said nothing to him, but they shot him on his right leg. He was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, where he is stable.  PCs Anthony Remy of the St Joseph CID is investigating.