Police shoot ‘wanted man’ in leg at Parika Stelling

– suspect jumped overboard, fired shots at cops

A 26-year-old robbery suspect is now nursing a gunshot wound to his leg after he was shot by Police ranks while attempting to evade them. He remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital under guard.
The man, who hails from both Adventure, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), and Parika, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), is wanted by the police in Essequibo for a series of robberies committed over the past few months.
He had been evading Police for almost two months but on Friday last, investigators received a tip-off.
Ranks went in pursuit of the suspect who quickly made his way to the Supenaam ferry stelling and boarded a boat destined for Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
Left with no choice but to board another vessel, the ranks followed him, with the main aim of apprehending him at Parika.
However, with the police close on his heels, the man disembarked the boat at Parika and jumped into the water. The police reportedly went after him.
The suspect reportedly swam underneath the stelling and attempted to escape on the other side of the wooden structure.
As he emerged from the water, he whipped out a gun and discharged several shots in the direction of the lawmen.
In retaliation, a rank then drew his service revolver and returned fire, hitting the suspect once to his leg.
The injured man fell to the ground and was then arrested by the police.
Police Commander of Region Two, Superintendent Crystal Robinson stated that the suspect was slapped with 17 counts of armed robbery but when the matters were called, the victims were reluctant to pursue the course of justice.
It is believed that the victims were fearful that the man or his relatives would retaliate.
Meanwhile, the man was fingered in a recent robbery on the Essequibo Coast. As such, the police had commenced their manhunt for him but were unable to locate the man at his address in Adventure, Essequibo.