Several gendarmes and emergency workers were seen in yard in French Quarter. Head of the Gendarmerie Stephen Brunet said the victim had gunshot wounds and he needed medical attention. On Sunday Brunet said the victim was shot on the Dutch side and the escaped to the French side. Neither press prosecutor Rienk Mud or police spokesman Ricardo Henson is aware of the incident. Henson said no one reported any shooting where someone was injured.
In an unrelated case, the gendarmes arrested a man on Thursday as suspect of assaulting another man who is in critical condition. The victim in this case was transferred to Guadeloupe for further medical treatment said the commandant of the Gendarmerie Stephen Brunet.
Brunet said the two men fought on December 28th and the suspect plunged several blows on the victim with a blunt edged weapon before fleeing from law enforcement.
Brunet said an investigation was opened and the suspect was apprehended and transferred to Guadeloupe where he will be charged with attempted murder.
In an unrelated case, the judiciary police and detectives from the Gendarmerie have arrested a man they suspected of comitting at least two rapes in Concordia. The suspect was arrested in Sandy Ground on Wednesday morning and has since been transferred to Guadeloupe. According to a press release from the Gendarmerie, the suspect is wanted for rapes committed in April 2007 in Concordia and another in Sandy Ground in November 2010.
