Radio announcer shot and injured

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Radio announcer shot and injured

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Police are investigating the shooting of a 43-year-old radio announcer, after he was ambushed by gunmen at his home in Chaguanas in Central Trinidad yesterday.Police said that Andy Williams has been hospitalised in serious condition after he was shot at least four times.

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