2 shooting suspects held hiding in a drain outside St Francois Girls High School

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2 shooting suspects held hiding in a drain outside St Francois Girls High School

Two suspects were held by police after they shot two vicitms at Serraneau Road in Belmont yesterday (Friday 27th September 2024).

One of the suspects was shot and taken to the hospital by police.

The suspects were held under a drain outside the St. Francois Girls High School, opposite Serraneau Road.

The incident unfolded around 11 am, when two men were shot in Serraneau Road, Belmont. They were taken to hospital to treatment.

Police from the Port of Spain Division Task Force and the Investigations and Operations Units (IAU) got information that the gunmen, who left their car behind, were hiding in a drain opposite the St Francois Girls’ College on St Francois Valley Road.

Police searched the drains and around 3.28 pm, they found the first man. Police ordered him to come out of the drain and he complied.

The second man was more reluctant and police fired several shots. He was hit multiple times.

Police dragged him out the drain and took him to hospital.