Twenty-eight-year-old Shawn Robinson of Guyhoc Park Squatting Area, Georgetown succumbed to a gunshot injury while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Sunday.
Based on reports gathered, the young man was shot on Saturday at about 18:36h at Guyhoc Park Squatting area by a person or persons unknown.
Police preliminary investigations revealed that at about 18:50h on the day in question, the Police received a report of an alleged shooting from an anonymous caller. The shooting reportedly occurred in an alleyway at Guyhoc Park Squatting Area.
The caller reportedly told the Police that, and that the victim was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment.
As such, a team of Police ranks visited that hospital to speak with the victim, but at that time, he was seeking medical attention for a gunshot wound to his left side chest.
At the time, his condition was regarded as serious. He succumbed in the wee hours of Sunday. The Police are conducting their investigation into the circumstances that led to the man’s demise.
At the home of the dead man, his mother Beverly Bowen told <<Guyana Times>> that she received a phone call on Saturday afternoon informing her that Robinson was shot at his home.
“I understand that when he came in, someone or some persons were in the house waiting, who they are I don’t know as yet”, she said.
Bowen said her son was in the company of his friend at the time when the incident occurred. She said her son’s friend entered the house first, and the suspect/s pounced on him immediately. Upon hearing the commotion, her son went to enquire.
“He has a broken foot and it has steel inside, so when he go inside and asked what is going on inside my house, whoever it was just pulled out they gun and shoot him… the other boy managed to run away, and somebody took him [her son] to the hospital”.
The dead man’s mother said her son was rushed into immediate surgery, but the doctors were unable to save him. She said she is yet to hear from the Police, but she is hoping that they find the person who killed her son.
Up to press time, no arrests were made, but Police are continuing their investigations. A post mortem is expected to be conducted later in the week.
