POLICE CONSTABLE SHOT AND INJURED IN WESTMORELAND, TEENAGE GUNMAN ALSO SHOT AND INJURED

A police Constable who is attached to the Savannah-la-mar police station, in Westmoreland, was shot and injured during a confrontation with a group of armed men along  Meylers Avenue, in Savannah-la-mar, Westmoreland,  on Sunday morning.

The wounded policeman who has been identified as, Constable Junior Stephenson, received gunshots wounds to his neck, while the and is presently in stable condition.

Our Mckoy’s News learnt that , the teenager who later turned up at the Savannah-la-mar hospital, with gunshots wounds, as been admitted under police guard after been identified to be the alleged shooter.

Reports by the Savannah-la-mar police are that about 2:00a.m., Constable Stephenson and a other officers, responded to a report of gunshots been fired along Meylers Avenue.

Upon their arrival in the area, they came under heavy gunfire from a group of armed men, and during an exchange of gunfire, Constable Stephenson and one of the gunmen, were shot and injured.

The wounded policeman who  received gunshot wounds to the regions of his neck, was rushed to hospital, where he was treated and admitted.

Director of Complaints for INDECOM, Errol Chattoo told our news team that,  he and a team of investigators are carrying out investigation into the shooting.

” based on our investigations,  a police Constable was shot and injured during the shooting, and also a teenage who is allegedly to be the shooter”, Mr. Chattoo stated,  ” both men are now at hospital, and are said to be in stable condition, but it is now early times, and we are unable to shed much light on the incident “.