A 25-year old man is now battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot by ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday at his Sophia, Greater Georgetown home.
Injured is Patrick Goodluck of Lot T 72 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, who was shot to his back at about 17:00h on Saturday after returning from the sea wall. His sister, NakacIe Goodluck told Guyana Times that she was at home when she heard screams and upon running outside she saw a huge crowd of people, shouting to inform her that her brother was shot.
She said she and other relatives headed for the Prashad Nagar Police outpost where they were informed that the man was taken to the Sparendaam Police Station to be “cleaned up.” However she said she was told that her brother was crying out for pains and he was subsequently taken to GPHC.
“When they bring him now they just drop him off, leave an officer to guard he and gone. They ain’t tellin us what he get shoot,” she told this publication.
Goodluck, who is currently unemployed, underwent a surgery on Tuesday to remove the bullet which struck his spine. He remains a patient in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
His sister explained when she visited her brother and tried speaking to him he was unresponsive but awake.
The man’s sister was almost moved to tears as she complained, “I need justice for my brother,” the woman said.
The GPF’s Public Relations Officer, Jairam Ramlakhan when contacted referred all questions to the East Coast Commander, Calvin Brutus. Commander Brutus on the other hand said he could not relay any information into the investigation.
