Police have confirmed that a toddler is in critical condition at hospital after receiving gunshot injuries to the head during a shooting incident that killed a woman this morning.

The toddler was in a grey car with three women when a man reportedly emerged from bushes and opened fire on the car. The driver drove to the Quakoo St Police Station and one of the women and the toddler were taken to hospital. The woman succumbed to her injuries at hospital, police said.

Briefing press this morning, Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said: “Something is wrong with that and I’m calling on all right thinking male and females to step up. We cannot allow a few males who lack home training to continue this scourge on our country.”

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