Police shoot man after alleged attack in Bourda

A man believed to be of unsound mind was shot by police on Thursday night, after allegedly damaging a Ministry of Education vehicle and attempting to attack officers with a pair of scissors.
The incident occurred at around 23:45h at North Road and Oronoque Street, Bourda, Georgetown, and involved a white Toyota Land Cruiser (PWW 1578) driven by 32-year-old Ansaar Hussein, a driver attached to the Ministry of Education.
Hussein told police that while he was driving west along North Road, he stopped at the intersection to allow another vehicle to pass when he heard a shattering sound.
Upon inspection, he discovered the front windscreen of the vehicle was broken and saw a man armed with a piece of wood and a pair of scissors approaching.
Hussein immediately drove off and alerted a nearby police patrol.
Police ranks responded and located the suspect, identified only as “Delroy,” on Church Street.
According to the police, the man jumped into a trench in an attempt to evade capture. When instructed to come out, he complied, but allegedly charged at an officer with a pair of scissors.
Despite warnings to desist, the suspect continued advancing in a threatening manner.
The officer, fearing for his life, discharged a single round from his service weapon, striking the man in his upper right thigh.
The injured suspect was subdued and the scissors was recovered.
He was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he is under police guard and receiving medical treatment.
His condition is listed as stable.
Police have since launched an investigation into the incident, including the damage to the Government vehicle.
This is the second incident of this nature that has occurred in a matter of days.
On Wednesday, a fatal incident occurred in Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD), when Roger Erwin Pierre, a 43-year-old labourer with a history of drug abuse and mental instability, fatally attacked two individuals with a knife.
He was subsequently shot and killed by police.