Three vil­lagers were shot, with one crit­i­cal­ly in­jured, while lim­ing in Chatham, Point Fortin, on Wednes­day night.

Ini­tial re­ports stat­ed that around 7.50 pm a 42-year-old labour­er, a 35-year-old driller and a 41-year-old labour­er were lim­ing in the con­crete foun­da­tion of a house near Chatham Junc­tion, Point Fortin, when they heard sev­er­al gun­shots. They ran but were all shot and sub­se­quent­ly tak­en to Point Fortin Hos­pi­tal.

The 42-year-old man was shot sev­en times in his ab­domen, low­er back and but­tocks. He un­der­went surgery and his con­di­tion is list­ed as crit­i­cal.

The 35-year-old man was shot in his foot, while the oth­er man was shot in his hand. They were treat­ed at the hos­pi­tal and dis­charged.

Po­lice re­cov­ered 12 spent 9 mm cas­ings at the scene.

Vis­it­ing the scene were In­sp Sir­ju, Sgt Smith, Sgt Boodoo, W/Sgt Bates and PC Bal­ley.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.