WILLEMSTAD – A man was shot Saturday evening just before 8:00 PM at a garage business in the Mon Repos neighborhood, leaving him in critical condition. Police arrived at the scene to find the victim lying on the ground, bleeding heavily from a gunshot wound to the chest.
According to the initial statement given by the victim, he was shot by an unknown masked man who had entered the premises without warning.
Emergency services responded quickly. An ambulance crew stabilized the man at the scene and rushed him to the Emergency Department of the Curaçao Medical Center (CMC) for further treatment.
The suspect reportedly fled the area in the direction of Mon Repos. Despite an immediate police search of the surrounding neighborhood, no arrests have yet been made.
Police are actively investigating the incident and have called on any potential witnesses to come forward with information.