An­na-Lisa Paul

A San­ta Cruz man was shot dur­ing the wee hours this morn­ing as he walked home.

The 28-year-old of Crown Trace, Pi­p­i­ol Road was con­front­ed by two masked men a short dis­tance from his home around 1 am on Sep­tem­ber 14.

The armed men be­gan shoot­ing at the vic­tim who was struck sev­er­al times.

As he col­lapsed on the road, the as­sailants fled on foot.

Res­i­dents alert­ed po­lice as to the at­tempt­ed killing.

PC’s Voisin and Dwari­ka of the North East­ern Coastal Pa­trol Unit took the in­jured man to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope for treat­ment.

A to­tal of six spent shells were col­lect­ed at the scene.

The vic­tim was said to rest­ing in a sta­ble con­di­tion at hos­pi­tal to­day.