POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING a stabbing incident which occurred around 5:50 p.m. yesterday in the area of Browne’s Beach, St Michael.
It resulted in a 23-year-old St Philip resident Shamar Maynard receiving a stab wound to his upper back and a laceration to his hand.
Preliminary investigations suggest Maynard was plying his trade as a sno-cone vendor when he was approached by a group of men and became involved in a verbal altercation.
The group of men subsequently attacked him.
Maynard was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance where he was treated and discharged.
Anyone who can provide information to assist with this investigation is asked to Contact CID, Central at telephone numbers 430-7175 or 430-7634, police emergency at 211, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIPS (8477) or the nearest police station.
All information received will be strictly confidential. (PR/NB)
