Security guard shot in Castries
Castries-St Lucia October 20 2019
Police are investigating a shooting incident in Castries Friday afternoon that has left one person nursing injuries.
According to police reports, a security guard was shot and injured during a robbery at a gas station in Balata.
The victim has not been identified by name.
The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. at a gas station in Balata.
Police have also confirmed that the security guard’s firearm was stolen during the incident.
According to reports, the security guard was shot in the back of the head before the gas station was robbed of an undisclosed sum of cash.
“The guys went there to kill, immediately on arrival one shot the guard in the head and another was standing at the door in mask holding a long handgun,” one person wrote on social media.
