An off-du­ty po­lice of­fi­cer and an­oth­er man re­main in a sta­ble con­di­tion at hos­pi­tal, af­ter they were shot in Pe­nal on Tues­day night.

Po­lice said around 9.30 pm, Con­sta­ble Richard Jages­sar, who is at­tached to the Siparia Po­lice Sta­tion, was with three oth­er men stand­ing at the cor­ner of Al­vara­do Ave and Lowkie Trace, when a man wear­ing a black hood­ie walked up to them and be­gan shoot­ing.

Jages­sar was shot in his low­er back and foot while his friend, Adesh Seesaran, 43, was shot on his foot.

The gun­man then ran off.

The in­jured men were tak­en to the Siparia Health Fa­cil­i­ty and then trans­ferred to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Po­lice re­cov­ered five .45 cal­i­bre spent shells at the scene.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.

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