A bandit was shot and his co-accused arrested after the swift intervention of a security guard attached to a Carnival band yesterday afternoon.
According to police reports, the bandit and an accomplice were about to rob a man at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, when the officer saw what was about to happen and intervened, warning the man of the impending danger. One of the thieves then stabbed the security guard, who pulled out his gun and shot the man. Both were taken to hospital, while the second bandit was apprehended a short while later. A woman who was standing close by was grazed by a bullet. She too was taken to hospital, treated and discharged.
In an unrelated incident, the body of a homeless man was found near the lighthouse in downtown Port-of-Spain around 2 pm. Police said the man is believed to have died of natural causes as his body had no marks of violence. While masqueraders chipped away, Crime Scene Investigators were busy processing the area for clues as to the man’s identity and possible cause of death.
According to police, up to 2 pm yesterday, 42 people had been charged for a range of offences committed since Carnival Monday, including possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, driving under the influence, overcrowding of vehicles and disorderly behaviour. The arrests came from seven of the nine policing divisions including Tobago, while the Western and North-Eastern Divisions reported no arrests. Tobago had the highests arrests with 14 people for various offences, while the Port-of-Spain Division had ten.