…injured bandit begged businessman to take his life after being caught – witness
A suspected bandit has been shot dead in a scuffle during a home invasion at Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) in the wee hours of Wednesday, July 27.
The dead intruder has been identified as Learone Forde.
Up to press time, no other information was available about the dead man.
Also injured in that scuffle was 34-year-old businessman Anil Singh of Lot 3 Unity Street, La Grange, WBD. He is presently receiving medical attention at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH).
The house of Businessman Anil Singh
Based on preliminary investigations, the businessman and his family (wife and child) had retired to bed at about 22:00h on Tuesday evening, but were awakened at about 1:15h on Wednesday by a sound emanating from one of the windows of their home. As such, Singh got up, armed himself with his licensed .32 Taurus pistol, and stood behind the door of his bedroom, while his wife and child remained on their bed.
Shortly after, two men – one armed with a cutlass and the other with a crowbar – reportedly rushed into the bedroom, and Singh discharged a round at them. Forde was hit in one of his legs, and it caused him to fall to the ground, while the other suspect escaped.
A Police tape at the crime scene
At that time, the injured bandit allegedly begged Singh to take his life by shooting him, but Singh refused. According to Singh’s wife, this led to a scuffle between her husband and Forde, during which several rounds were discharged, injuring both the businessman and the suspect.
Subsequently, the Police were contacted, and upon arriving at the scene, Forde was found lying in a pool of blood, with several gunshot wounds to his head and body, while Singh had also sustained gunshot wounds to his body.
During their investigations, Police recovered in the bedroom five spent .32 shells, four live rounds of ammunition, and two metal fragments suspected to be warheads.
Singh was taken to the hospital, where he was admitted as a patient, while
Forde’s body was taken to the Ezekiel Funeral Home to await a post-mortem. The licensed firearm has been lodged with the Police, and the businessman’s wife has been taken into custody to assist with investigations.
