Philipsburg: --- An 18-year-old man is now nursing a gunshot wound at the St. Maarten Medical Center; he is reported to be in stable condition. According to reports reaching SMN News, the youth identified as K.N.J born in St. Lucia was shot during the early morning hours on Tuesday in the Middle Region area.
In an invited comment, Police Spokesman Johan Janchi Leonard said police was called to the scene in Middle Region somewhere around 01:30 am where a man was found with a gunshot wound in his back. The victim told police he was shot during a robbery. K.N.J said his attackers robbed him of some documents, which he was carrying in a pouch. He also indicated that a number of gunshots were fired at him but only one penetrated. The bullet Leonard said caught the victim in his back and it exited under his right chest. Police also confiscated a number of spent shells that was found at the scene. The case is still under investigation the police spokesman said.
