MARIGOT--The Fire Brigade (sapeurs-pompiers) responded to a shooting at a house on the lower part of the Pic Paradis road, below the entrance to Loterie Farm, at a little after 4:00am Monday.
On arrival the pompiers found the husband had bullet wounds to his thigh and abdomen. His situation was classified as an “absolute emergency”. The wife had a suture wound to the jaw, classified as a “relative emergency”. According to the pompiers, the couple were aged in their 50s.
They were transported to hospital immediately in a medical convoy.
No further details were given on the shooting incident. The Gendarmerie has opened an investigation into armed robbery and attempted murder.
