00:00This latest gun crime comes on the heels of Thursday's high-level crime meeting
00:05led by Chief Secretary Farley Augustine to treat with the escalating crime
00:10situation in Tobago. Dr. Iyana Parsanon James risked her life taking a
00:17bullet in her shoulder while using her body as a human shield to protect her
00:22one-year-old daughter from harm. At the time of the incident her husband had
00:27only moments before entered Pablo's supermarket in Argyle when loud
00:32explosions were heard. When he returned to their vehicle he observed his wife
00:38nursing a gunshot wound to her shoulder while shielding their daughter. The young
00:44doctor's mother informed other family members that her daughter was shot.
00:57Dr. Iyana Parsanon James was taken to the Roxborough Hospital for
01:04treatment and then transferred to the Scarborough General Hospital for further
01:09medical care. Tobago police are investigating the
01:13shooting incident. Elizabeth Williams TV6 News
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