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A San Fernando police officer is in critical condition after being shot during an operation in La Romaine late Friday night.
PC Alex Koon Koon, of the Criminal Investigations Department, was wounded around 10.50 pm while on duty with Sgt Martin and a party of officers from the Mon Repos Police Station. The team had responded to a report of a man armed with a firearm seated in the gallery of a house in an area along La Plaisance Road commonly known as Turning Point.
According to a Police Service (TTPS) media release, Koon Koon had just exited a marked police vehicle when gunshots were heard coming from the gallery. In the immediate aftermath, a man was seen running away.
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