RELATIVES OF A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS SHOT IN THE LEG WHILE LYING ON HIS BED INSIDE HIS HOME AT JAMES HINDS TRACE, PIARCO OLD ROAD, D’ABADIE, ARE CALLING FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVED IN THE MATTER.
• THE BOY, WHO MOMENTS EARLIER HAD HIS HEAD IN THE AREA WHERE THE BULLET ENTERED HIS HOME, WAS SHOT IN THE LEFT LEG AFTER A MAN FROM MALONEY CAME INTO THE AREA AND OPENED FIRE ON A GROUP OF PERSONS.
• THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE JUST AFTER 9PM ON FRIDAY 18TH JUNE, 2022. SEVERAL MEN WERE ON THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE THE CHILD’S HOME WHEN A MAN WITH A HOODIE OVER HIS HEAD RIDING A BICYCLE APPROACHED AND BEGAN FIRING SHOTS AT ONE OF THE MEN.
• A BULLET ENTERED THE CHILD’S ROOM, HITTING HIM IN THE LEG. CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED 12 SPENT SHELLS FROM THE SCENE.
• ACCORDING TO THE CHILD’S FATHER, CONTRARY TO RUMOURS, HE DID NOT HAVE ANY GUN AT HIS HOME WHICH RESULTED IN HIS SON BEING SHOT AND HE BELIEVES THE POLICE ARE DRAGGING THEIR HANDS IN THE MATTER.
