PM results reveal teen bandit died from gunshot wound

A post-mortem examination was on Friday performed on teen bandit Sydel Bourne Jr of Agricola, Greater Georgetown, following a shooting incident which occurred on Wednesday.
In the presence of the Police, the body was identified to Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh by the teen’s father.
The cause of death was given as gunshot injury. The body has since been handed over to relatives for burial.
Bourne was shot by a plainclothes policeman at about 14:20h at the second gate of Stabroek Market.
According to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the cop was in plain clothes and armed with his service pistol at the time. He was with his reputed wife, who was wearing a gold chain, and they were shopping in the Stabroek Market area.
It was reported that the couple were attacked by Bourne, who was armed with a knife and accompanied by two other male suspects.
Although the woman put up a fight, the perpetrators were able to burst the chain off her neck.
The Police said one of the suspects then told Bourne to stab the woman and it was at this stage that the Policeman whipped out his service weapon and discharged a round in the suspects’ direction, hitting the teenager to his body.
Bourne was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency workers, who had arrived on the scene with an ambulance, but left without removing the body. Undertakers subsequently arrived and removed the body. This was after Crime Scene Investigators cordoned off the area, much to the chagrin of vendors and members of the public who had gathered around to get a glimpse of the body.
The other two suspects managed to escape, the Police said.
The incident was witnessed by vendors who ply their trade outside the Stabroek Market, and sparked outrage.
Speaking with reporters at the scene, one vendor explained that she did not see any confrontation between the now dead teen and the couple, and only became aware that something was happening when the armed man ran after the teenager.
According to the vendor, following the shooting, the man picked up his bags and grabbed his reputed wife, and they went to the Outpost to report the incident.