Police Constable Alex Koon Koon, 29, was shot in the left side of his abdomen on La Plaisance Road, La Romaine on Friday night around 10:50 p.m. during a confrontation with a suspect armed with a firearm. Koon Koon and other officers from Mon Repos Police Station responded to a report of a man with a firearm in the gallery of a house; gunshots were heard as Koon Koon alighted from the police vehicle, striking him in the abdomen. He sustained severe injuries to his spleen and one lung, underwent surgery, and was hospitalised in critical condition at San Fernando General Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit. Three people—a woman and two men—were detained and are assisting with police investigations; the suspect initially fled the scene. An urgent blood appeal, particularly for O-positive donors, was issued to support his recovery.
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