A six-year-old boy was yes­ter­day nurs­ing in­juries at hos­pi­tal fol­low­ing a mass shoot­ing on Sat­ur­day in Ari­ma, which left his moth­er, fa­ther and un­cle dead.

The pri­ma­ry school pupil was shot in both legs dur­ing the dead­ly home in­va­sion at La Re­treat Ex­ten­sion, Heights of Gua­napo, Ari­ma, which claimed the lives of Ani­cia James, 47; her broth­er Anslem James, 49; and her com­mon-law hus­band Mitchell Fran­cois, 30.

The na­tion’s first triple homi­cide for the year as a State of Emer­gency (SoE) re­mains in ef­fect, gal­vanised se­nior po­lice of­fi­cers in­to ac­tion as Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP), In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions, Suzette Mar­tin; and act­ing DCP, Op­er­a­tions, Curt Si­mon both vis­it­ed the scene.