Boy, 15, shot in strange circumstances

A 15-year-old boy was up to late yesterday warded in serious condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Mount Hope Medical Sciences Complex after he was shot in the chest Friday night. However, senior police officers said they were very curious about the explanation given by three young men, with whom the victim, Randy Stewart, of Second Street, Barataria, was with. The three, among them two brothers, ages 19 and 17, of Malick, and another 15-year-old, of Barataria, were up to late evening assisting officers of the Morvant Criminal Investigations Department (CID) with their investigations.

Senior Police officers told Sunday Newsday that they will consult with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) tomorrow for further directions on how to proceed with the investigations. Reports on the shooting are that around 9pm Friday, Stewart and three young men went to the River Bank at Seventh Avenue, Malick. Senior police officers said they received information that sometime after they got to the River bank, an explosion was heard. Stewart received a bullet a wound to the left side of his chest. Police said the bleeding teen then ran to his home, where his stepfather, Robert DaSilva took him to the Mount Hope institution. A report was made and a party of officers headed by acting Snr Supt Waldron Bishop and including acting Supt Wayne Gilbert, ASP Gregory Correira, Cpls Patrick Thomas and Anand Ramjit visited the scene and seized a homemade shotgun and one spent shell. Cpl Ramjit of the Morvant CID is continuing enquiries.