Police still to identify who fatally shot suspected bandit

One day after the suspected bandit, 22-year-old Randy Bowen, was fatally shot, Police are yet to identify his shooter.

This is according to Commander of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Sub-Division A (Georgetown), Edgar Thomas.
“The situation is… we are still investigating that matter. I think you are more concerned about the shooting in the case of where the shot was fired from, we are still investigating that. We are still trying to investigate…we don’t know where that shot came from, who fired the shot, that is what we are wondering and investigating and that has to happen,” he said.
He further added, “Our investigation must tell us who fired the shot, our investigation must lead us into that direction. We want to know who fired that shot”.
Bowen, along with an accomplice, robbed a woman of her handbag about 16:00h on Tuesday on William Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.
It was revealed that the two perpetrators were running away from the scene after committing the robbery when an unknown individual whipped out a firearm and discharged several rounds.
Bowen died on the scene while his accomplice is currently nursing injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
The former Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) employee is no stranger to the law. He was slapped with several charges in the past, including an attempted robbery committed on a police rank in 2018.
The dead man’s father told this publication: “meh son don’t work nowhere; he used to work at GWI and he get fired about a year and something right now and he used to live with his mom. About twice he was charged with same stealing and so… he do about a three or four months remand in prison. I weary talk to him. I do what a father supposed to do, there is [only] so much you can do, you can make the children but you can’t make their mind”.
Bowen’s body is currently at the Lyken’s Funeral Home awaiting a Post-Mortem Examination.