Marigot:--- The gendarmes have arrested a 20 year old man as suspect in the Cul de Sac shooting. The suspect was transferred to Guadeloupe on Friday. The 30 year old victim who was shot outside his home in French Cul de Sac on Tuesday March 15th remains in a coma. The victim a national of the Dominican Republic was shot in his stomach at close range with a shot gun said the gendarmes in a press release. The release states that the victim sustained serious injuries to his intestines, liver and kidneys. So far the gendarmes have not determined the motive for the shooting but they believe the two men were arguing at the time.
The suspect, a former convict for violent crimes was arrested on Wednesday.
In an unrelated case, the Gendarmes detained a man last Thursday who is suspected of stealing a scooter at knife point from its 39 year old owner. The two men got into a scuffle which left one of them with a fractured arm.
