A MOTHER and her teenaged son were early Saturday morning shot and injured by bandits who invaded their South Ruimveldt Gardens home with intent to commit an armed robbery.

A police report said that around 02:45hrs on Saturday, three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, broke into the home of 39-year-old Manya Valenzuela at Cadet Lane, South Ruimveldt Gardens. Valenzuela is an employee of Air Services Ltd.

On entering the home, they confronted Valenzuela and her 19-year-old son, Donovan, who put up a gallant resistance but both he and his mother were seriously injured.

Manya Venezuela sustained three bullet wounds, one to the chin, another in her shoulder, while the third struck her neck, grazing the esophagus.

The woman’s son, Donovan, was shot in the right instep.

However, faced with the stout resistance, the bandits beat a hasty retreat, escaping through the back door without getting a chance to take anything away from the home.

Valenzuela and her son then summoned help and were rushed to a city hospital where they were admitted and rendered emergency treatment.

On arrival at the hospital, the mother was admitted to theatre for emergency surgery while her son was treated for the wound he sustained to his instep.

Yesterday, Donovan’s condition appeared to be stable, but Manya, particularly with the injury to the throat, remains under close medical watch.

This violent home invasion, less than 24 hours before Mother’s Day, ruined all plans by the mother and son for spending a Happy Mother’s Day in their home.
Police are continuing their investigations.