Taxi driver shot, beaten while visiting female friend

A taxi driver was last Sunday night shot before being beaten unconscious while he was visiting a female friend at Arapaima Street, East La Penitence.

Keon Smith, 27, of East La Penitence is nursing a fractured skull and a gunshot wound to the left forearm at a city hospital. This newspaper was unable to ascertain the motive behind the shooting as when approached, yesterday afternoon Smith would only say that he was “good”. Smith whose face was badly swollen declined to comment on the events of Sunday night. His arm, where he sustained the gunshot wound was heavily bandaged. He was surrounded by many relatives and friends.

Police said in a press release that they are investigating the