Dutch Quarter:--- A man identified as J.W from Dominica is nursing gun shot wounds at the St. Maarten medical center. According to Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson police were called to Lambert drive # 18B in the Zorg en Rust area early Wednesday morning where they met the man with gunshot wounds to the side of his stomach.
The victim who was in a conscious state, with a gunshot wound to left side of his stomach, stated that a short while before he had gone to the nearby bushes to relieve himself when he was suddenly attacked by two masked men.
One of were armed with a shotgun and they both demanded money from the victim while threatening him with the gun.
Henson said when the victim, could not deliver the monies requested by his attackers the suspects started beating him. The man with shotgun then fired a shot a victim from a very close range hitting him in the left side of his body.
According to the victim, the suspects fled the scene. On the scene, the victim was attended to by paramedics and then transported to the St Maarten Medical Center for further treatment. The detectives and the forensic department are presently busy investigating this case because it is still very unclear what exactly happened, why it happened, and who the suspects responsible for this act are.
