Armed robbery suspect killed in shootout with Police

A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies against Chinese businesses was fatally shot late Monday night during a gun battle with police at Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
Police said the shooting occurred about 23:45h after a mobile patrol went to Wall Street, Amelia’s Ward to arrest Shamar Prince, an unemployed man living with his girlfriend, 22-year-old cook, in the lower flat of a two-storey concrete house.
According to investigators, the woman opened the western door and spoke briefly with the ranks. Moments later, Prince emerged from a rear door on the northwestern side and allegedly opened fire, forcing one officer to dive for cover. Prince then sprinted into the yard, continuing to discharge rounds. The officers returned fire; Prince collapsed near the side fence.
When the ranks approached, Prince was lying on his back wearing a multi-coloured shirt and black jeans. Beside him was a .38-calibre revolver loaded with three live rounds and three spent shells, along with a box of twenty-five additional .38 rounds. Police also recovered a black shoulder bag holding Prince’s national ID card, a Blu mobile phone, $1,040, a knife, and about five grams of a whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine.
Prince was rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex, where he died while receiving emergency treatment. Doctors noted five gunshot wounds, one to the left side of his head, three to his left upper shoulder, and one to the right side of his chest. His body has been placed in the hospital mortuary pending a post-mortem examination.

Police said that all ballistic evidence, the revolver, live rounds and spent shells, were sealed and sent for forensic testing, adding that the patrol had been following up on a robbery-under-arms report filed earlier Monday by Long Xing, a 38-year-old Chinese businessman from Mackenzie, and on other recent holdups targeting Chinese establishments in the area. Investigators believe Prince may have been linked to those crimes.
Police said that it has launched a full probe into the circumstances surrounding the shoot-out that led to Prince’s death.
Prince is no stranger to the law. He had previously made headlines in 2021 when, at just 20 years old, he escaped lawful custody while serving two five-year sentences for armed robbery at the Lusignan Prison.
While working on the prison farm, he walked through the eastern gate behind a truck and fled into the backlands. He was recaptured shortly after by ranks from the Vigilance Police Station. Prince later pleaded guilty to the escape and was sentenced to three additional years in jail by Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court.