Journalist shoots man in leg during confrontation

Dec 03, 2018 News

Twenty-eight-year-old Jimmy Ramgobin is nursing a gunshot wound to his lower leg, which he sustained during a confrontation with popular TV journalist, Travis Chase around 04:00 hrs yesterday.
According to reports, Chase, 30, shot the man who had attacked him. At the time, Ramgobin, who is said to be homeless, had allegedly hurled bottles at Chase, after the journalist found him lying in front of his girlfriend’s gate while dropping the woman off.

Travis Chase

Police in a statement said that when Chase and his girlfriend arrived at her De Abreu Street, Newtown, Georgetown home, he observed Ramgobin in front of the yard.
Chase exited his vehicle and approached Ramgobin who allegedly began hurling bottles at him from a haversack that he had in his possession. Chase, who is a licensed firearm holder, fired a warning shot at Ramgobin.
But Ramgobin refused to stop, and Chase retaliated by firing three more shots, one hitting his attacker to his lower leg.
Chase in an invited comment, said he was in fear for his safety, since the man seemed to be in a rage, after he woke the man from his sleep.
One of the neighbours recalled hearing crashing sounds around 04:15 hours after which she heard about three explosions.

The location where the incident occurred.

The resident said she later learnt that Ramgobin, a substance abuser from the neighbourhood, had thrown bricks and bottles at a man who later shot him.
The injured Ramgobin is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), police said.
Investigators have obtained statements from Chase and his firearm along with four spent shells has been lodged.

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