A police officer is currently receiving treatment at the San Fernando General Hospital after being shot in the head tonight.
According to police, around 8.40 pm officers of the Ste Madeliene Police Station responded to a report of suspicious people at Chao Young supermarket on St Clement Junction in Ste Madeleine.
On arriving at the supermarket an officer identified only as PC Benjamin went into the building.
Someone in the building fired a shot at Benjamin, hitting him in the head, investigators at the scene said.
He was taken to hospital and is receiving emergency treatment at the San Fernando General Hospital.
No one was held for the shooting.