Lewis Yard man listed as critical after being shot.
Officers from the Central Detective Unit (CDU) have launched an island-wide search for the man believed responsible for a near fatal shooting of Patrick Russell.
Russell, 36, of Lewis Yard, is listed in critical, but stable condition at the Rand Memorial Hospital.
Police say that around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, an anonymous caller contacted the police control room and reported hearing several gunshots in the area of a popular liquor store in Lewis Yard.
Several patrol cars were immediately dispatched to the scene, but while en route, the officers received additional information of someone being injured as a result of the shooting.
Arriving minutes later, the officers discovered Russell laying on the ground with bullet wounds to the upper chest and right leg.
Conscious and able to speak with the police, Russell told the officers that while walking in the area of the liquor store, a man armed with a handgun approached him and fired three shots.
The shooter fled the scene leaving Russell, crumpled on the ground bleeding profusely.
Russell was treated on the scene before being rushed to the emergency section of the Rand Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
A female resident said she heard several gunshots, “but I didn’t see anything suspicious.”
She noted that there were some men hanging around the liquor store, which is usual, but “there was nothing out of the ordinary.”
Residents in the neighbouring vicinity milled about as police conducted preliminary investigations; however, many declined an interview with the media.
CDU officers are continuing investigations into this matter.
By BARBARA WALKIN, Senior FN Reporter
