Trinidad cop and brother cheat death

Cop shot in face, brother in neck

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A Trinidad and Tobago cop and his brother cheated death recently after  they were both attacked and shot in a club.

The cop, Constable Larry Legendre and his brother Lawrence Legendre werewas shot in the face and neck respectively but both have since been discharged form hospital.

The brothers were shot during attack at a club in New Grant in the early hours of last Saturday.

Legendre, 35, has been a police officer for the past 15 years and was stationed at the Mon Repos police station but was on vacation leave.

The bullet that hit him entered his nose and exited through the right ear. His brother’s injuries were also not life threatening.

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Hours later both brothers were listed in stable condition at the San Fernando General Hospital. They were both discharged from hospital earlier this week..

At 1.30 a.m. last Saturday, three masked men entered Country Cabin Sports Bar at Torrib Trace, New Grant. Two of the assailants had guns and the third brandished a cutlass. The attack was caught of closed circuit television.

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