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Shortly before 3pm on Wednesday shots were fired by officers in tactical gear in Signal Hill Tobago and according to one woman who wished not to be named her son and the men connected to the incident are innocent. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
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00:00Mother of one of the men, who was later held by police, said her son did no wrong, but
00:06officers shot at him, along with a group of men in Signal Hill, who ran upon seeing police.
00:13I hope it's not my child I'm shooting. I'm very serious. Nobody is doing no crime. I
00:27just hope it's not my child.
00:29The screaming woman ran to the bushes, along with fellow villagers, to look for her son.
00:34Some people running, running. All they shooting people for. All they are saying is that, all
00:39they want to do is kill our people, children.
00:42I'm calling my name, baby.
00:45I'm not running.
00:46Check one.
00:47I'm coming.
00:48I'm coming.
00:49I'm coming.
00:50I'm coming.
00:51I'm coming.
00:52Senior Superintendent of Police Earl Eli told the TV6 News no one was shot during the incident.
00:57However, he is cautioning parents not to encourage their children in criminal activity.
01:03My child shot one man and nobody ran. My child, that's all I'm concerned about.
01:09I don't care about that. Excuse me, sir. Hello. My child is your kid. That's all I want to
01:16know.
01:17Well, I don't know if you can talk. I don't know. I don't care about nobody else. I just
01:22want to shoot one man.
01:23That's your child, boy. I understand all they're doing, but that's your child, boy.
01:26I don't care about this my child.
01:27Hello. Good afternoon. I'm with Signal Hill behind Rojas. The police came to do an exercise.
01:33My name is Maria. The police came to do an exercise.
01:35Tobago Police are investigating. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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