Published:
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
A 32-year-old man was wounded in a shooting at a basketball game in Morvant on Sunday night. According to reports, around 8.45 pm, Maurice Joseph, of Chinapoo, Morvant, was leaving a basketball court in his community after a game, when he was approached by a gunman who shot him several times. The gunmen then ran away.
Joseph was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He was warded in a critical but stable condition up to late yesterday. Investigators said the shooting was witnessed by more than a dozen people who managed to give police an accurate description of Joseph’s attacker. Investigators said the suspect was well known to police and his arrest was imminent.