An ex-policeman was shot last evening as he tried to escape an armed man who approached him and a friend as they were sitting on a bridge in Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt.
This newspaper understands that Toney Williams, 24, and his friend were sitting on the bridge just after 7 pm, when two men approached them and one pointed a gun at the neck of his friend.
Williams reportedly pushed the other man and ran, but several shots were fired in his direction hitting him in his upper left leg and on one of his thumbs.
Williams ran to his sister-in-law’s James Street, Albouystown residence and was later taken to the hospital.
Up to late last night, no one had been arrested but the police were said to be investigating the matter.
