An E Sophia, Greater Georgetown resident was on Sunday evening shot twice and relieved of $55,000 by two armed bandits.
Gunmen during a robbery at the décor store on Sherriff Street, Georgetown
Reports reaching Guyana Times revealed that 39-year-old Desmond Granado of E Field Sophia was sitting on his verandah when the two gunmen entered his yard and accosted him.
The two men reportedly asked Granado for the money but he refused to budge. In retaliation, one of the armed men walked up to the man and dealt him one lash to the face with the weapon. At this time, the man still refused to co-operate and this angered the two young men.
Guyana Times understands that the young men then discharged several rounds, with two hitting the man to the lower left leg. The injured man fell onto the floor while the two men rushed into the house and collected the money that was on a table at the time.
Due to the gunshots, the neighbours were alerted and rushed to the scene but by this time, the gunmen had already escaped on foot.
Granado was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated for the gunshot wounds and admitted. His condition is listed as stable.
The matter was reported and the police have launched a probe into the shooting incident. Up to late Monday evening, the police were yet to make an arrest. Over the weekend, gunmen executed several daring robberies.
One was committed on a Chinese supermarket at Industry, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Saturday while another was committed on a décor store on Sherriff Street where the gunmen escaped with over 900,000 in cash.
Late Sunday afternoon, two armed men also robbed the Rubis Service Station at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. All the robberies were captured on CCTV cameras which have been subsequently handed over to the police for review. (G10)
