KEVON FELMINE

Se­nior Re­porter

kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt

A Gas­par­il­lo man was shot in his leg af­ter he de­cid­ed to in­ter­vene in a for­mer cou­ple’s ar­gu­ment on Fri­day night. Po­lice said Niyi George, 26, was in sta­ble con­di­tion at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter re­ceiv­ing emer­gency treat­ment. A re­port stat­ed that George was walk­ing along School Road, Gas­par­il­lo, around 10.25 pm when he saw the 25-year-old sus­pect ar­gu­ing with his 23-year-old ex-girl­friend.

George got in­volved, and the sus­pect pulled out a chrome re­volver and shot him once, strik­ing him on his right foot. The sus­pect then ran in­to near­by bush­es and dis­ap­peared.

Gas­par­il­lo Po­lice, led by Cpl Roop­nar­ine and Emer­gency Med­ical Tech­ni­cians, re­spond­ed and took George to the hos­pi­tal. The of­fi­cers in­ter­viewed sev­er­al peo­ple and searched for the sus­pect, who re­mained in hid­ing up to late yes­ter­day. In­ves­ti­ga­tors al­so checked the area for CCTV cam­eras but did not find any. Po­lice said the sus­pect wore a green long-sleeve jer­sey and black jeans. PC Roopc­hand is con­tin­u­ing the in­ves­ti­ga­tion.