Regional Commander visits cop shot during robbery

Regional Commander Region No Three, Assistant Commissioner Khali Pareshram, Deputy Superintendent R Stanley, Region No 3 Welfare Officer Woman Assistant Superintendent D Handy and other ranks visited Corporal Collin Hall, who is presently a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
Hall was shot in the upper left thigh and robbed at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, at about 19:30h on Saturday while at the Wang Wang #2 Supermarket.
During the visit, Hall related the entire ordeal to Commander Pareshram and the team. Police on Monday said that Hall is in a stable condition as he recovers at the WDRH.
Reports are that the cop, who is attached to the Court Superintendent’s Office at the Leonora Police Station, was shot while sitting outside of the supermarket.
Police stated that the 42-year-old owner of the supermarket was relieved of an undisclosed sum of cash while the Police Corporal was robbed of his jewellery, cash, and other personal belongings.
According to Police, the owner of the supermarket and his wife were standing behind the counter attending to customers when the two bandits arrived on a black XR motorcycle. Both of them were dressed in blue jeans and black hoodies with masks on their faces. They were both carrying handguns.
One of the men ran to the supermarket’s entrance, held the unarmed security guard at gunpoint, and ordered him to lie on the ground while the other remained at the front, closer to the motorcycle.
However, after holding the guard at gunpoint, he entered the supermarket, went behind the counter, and threatened to shoot the Chinese businessman and his wife. The gunman then opened the drawers, took out an undisclosed sum of cash, which he pushed into his crotch and pockets, and quickly exited.
At the time, the Police Corporal was imbibing at the front of the supermarket. Before leaving the business place, the other armed bandit relieved the officer of his gold chain and other valuables.
It was while robbing the cop that one of the suspects discharged a round, hitting him to his upper left leg. The two suspects then escaped on the motorcycle.
Detectives processed the scene, and one .32 spent shell was recovered in the vicinity where the policeman was standing. An investigation is in progress.