00:00A 38-year-old prison officer remains warded at hospital after being shot multiple times on Friday night.
00:07TV6 News was told, Govindra Balgobin, a prison officer one, had completed his shift and left the maximum security prison in Aruka around 8.30 p.m.
00:17While driving his white Toyota Aqua, Balgobin was proceeding south along the Golden Grove Road, Pianko.
00:24And whilst at the Pianko traffic lights, a Nissan Wing Road with several occupants pulled alongside him to the right.
00:31Police reports state that the occupants opened fire on the officer's vehicle.
00:36He was hit multiple times to his right hand and right leg and drove his car south, crossing the traffic lights before stopping.
00:43The suspects then turned easterly onto the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway and near to the Arupun walkover.
00:49A short distance from the shooting crashed into the median, spun around and came to a stop in the centre lane of the highway.
00:57Police say, based on initial information received, three suspects fled from the Wing Road whilst one was ejected from the vehicle, landed on the road unable to move.
01:08Highway Patrol officers and air support unit personnel along with other units assisted with a search for the other suspects last night and a second suspect was captured.
01:18When the scene was processed, one 9mm Glock 19 pistol and a cell phone were retrieved in the vehicle.
01:26TV6 News understands the prison officer successfully underwent surgery and his condition is being monitored.
01:33The hospitalised suspect is in a critical condition following the crash, whilst the other suspect is in police custody as their enquiries continue.
01:42Cindy Raghubantika Singh, TV6 News.
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