THREE men are in hospital after being shot during an attempted armed robbery on Saturday.
Two would-be robbers reportedly shot each ether, while their intended victim sustained injuries during the robbery.
The incident occurred shortly before 11pm at a business establishment on West Bay Street west of Sandy Port.
Preliminary reports indicate a male proprietor was closing his business establishment when another man armed with a handgun entered and demanded cash.
The suspect and the proprietor got into a struggle, which resulted in the proprietor being shot, police said.
During the struggle a second suspect, the accomplice of the first male, entered the establishment, and produced a firearm, which resulted in both suspects shooting each other.
The victim and the suspects were all taken to the hospital where their condition is unknown at this time. Police are investigating.
Meanwhile, four people - three males and one female - are in police custody and assisting police with their investigations after they were found in possession of $2,500 worth of suspected marijuana on Saturday.
Officers assigned to Operation Ceasefire acting on intelligence conducted a search of a residence on Akel Close, Montell Heights around noon where the drugs were found and subsequently confiscated.
Police said the drugs have an estimated weight of two and a half pounds with an estimated street value of $2,500.
The suspects were arrested without incident. Active police investigation continues.
Comments
temptedbythefruitofanother 2 years, 3 months ago
“During the struggle a second suspect, the accomplice of the first male, entered the establishment, and produced a firearm, which resulted in both suspects shooting each other.“
Next stop,…rocket science!
mandela 2 years, 3 months ago
As the saying goes "when you're dumb you're dangerous" these robbers should get at least 10 to 15yrs in prison. The persons caught with the marijuana should receive a small fine if anything.
Sickened 2 years, 3 months ago
Robbers shot each other? Roll on floor laughing. Even the business owner must have been laughing seeing that happen. And when the police came why didn't they just suffocate the two criminals or delay the ambulance for a few hours? Why go through the effort and expense to save these two attempted murderers? I just don't get it.
Sickened 2 years, 3 months ago
Question - when the first medics show up should they first treat the business owner even if he only got shot in the arm or a similar non-life threatening place? Or should they first treat the most seriously wounded even if that person attempted to kill the business owner?
ThisIsOurs 2 years, 3 months ago
Doctors aren't supposed to discriminate. They should treat the most critical first. It was very disturbing during COVID to hear a doctor say he would let unvaccinated COVID patients die.
ThisIsOurs 2 years, 3 months ago
Great news!! We might have the solution to crime! Last week a man and a woman forced a proprietor to write a cheque then went into the bank to cash the cheque. I wonder how long they had to stand on that line and how many as angles the camera catch them from... hmmm.
We must study the dumb criminal more and devise strategies to work with them to bring down our crime numbers
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