A gun­man opened fire on a La Ro­maine fam­i­ly on Wednes­day night, shoot­ing a labour­er on both legs.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said around 7.45 pm the as­sailants, armed with a gun and a ham­mer, went to Her­mitage Set­tle­ment Road, La Ro­maine, where they broke down the front door of a house. They then ac­cost­ed two women who were in­side the house. Po­lice said while one of the men tied up the women, the gun­man went in­to an­oth­er room where he shot Isaac Datadeen, 58, in his legs while he lay on his bed. The bul­let en­tered Datadeen’s left leg and ex­it­ed through his but­tocks. The as­sailants did not take any­thing from the house. Datadeen was lat­er rushed to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where he un­der­went surgery.

Po­lice cor­doned off the area on Thurs­day morn­ing as they searched for clues in­to the iden­ti­ty of the as­sailants. San Fer­nan­do po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.