A 27-year-old Couva man is in a critical condition at hospital after being shot on Wednesday night.

Newspower Now understands that Wayne Joachim had been hanging out with a group of men in the vicinity of the Dow Village Recreation Ground in California shortly after 11pm when a masked gunman approached and opened fire.

Joachim was shot multiple times.

He was rushed to the Couva Health Facility and then transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital where he remains warded.

No arrests have been made. Police are investigating.