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BY
CAMILLE CLARKE
ANOTHER child has been struck by a stray bullet during gang
violence, this time in Laventille.
Kadeisha Perceival, of Waterman Road in Belmont, a stone’s
throw from Lower St Barb’s Road in Laventille, suffered
gunshot wounds to her hands and both legs on Wednesday night,
when men involved in gang warfare in the area opened fire
at around eight o’clock.
Perceival was treated at Port-of-Spain General Hospital
and discharged.
Police are searching for the gunmen.
This follows Monday night’s incident at Coconut Drive
in Morvant, where gunmen, also involved in gang warfare,
opened fire on the wrong house and shot five-year-old Fazeer
Mohammed in the left eye.
Mohammed remains in stable condition at the Paediatric Ward
at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
Relatives said Mohammed was expected to undergo eye surgery
today, since there was no swelling in the eye, which had
prevented surgery the last three days.
Police reported that at around 8 pm, Perceival and other
relatives were walking along St Barb’s Road near St
John Street, when they heard several loud explosions.
Perceival then felt a burning sensation about her body,
police said.
Investigators said shotgun pellets were used by the gunmen.
A relative, at the Belmont home yesterday, said they had
been on their way to buy bread when the gunmen began firing.
“We
were walking when two men started shooting,” the relative
said.
“There
were people all around...We were closer to them (gunmen)
and Kadeisha got shot.”
Belmont Police are continuing investigations.
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