A 54-year-old man and his . They experienced a scene of extreme violence Sunday evening in Lamentin, when they stopped in the parking lot of a shopping center to carry out a banking transaction. Barely out of his vehicle, the father was approached by an armed individual, quickly joined by two masked accomplices, who attempted to seize the car.
The attack escalated in seconds. Initially refusing to give in, the fifties He realized too late that the gun pointed at him was real. A shot rang out at point-blank range, the bullet grazing his face before he collapsed. Wounded but conscious, he begged his son to let go to avoid the worst, allowing the assailants to flee with the vehicle.
An invisible wound that persists
Rescued by a passing motorist, the father was taken to the hospital, where his wound was stitched. While the physical aftereffects are limited, the psychological trauma remains profound, particularly for theAdolescentHe has been experiencing nighttime awakenings and nightmares since the incident. The father himself acknowledges that the emotional impact could be long-lasting.
A complaint has been filed and an investigation is underway to identify the perpetrators of this armed robbery, while the family is now trying to rebuild their lives after that night when their lives almost changed forever.
