State House shooting: Attacker off ventilator, questioned immediately – Crime Chief

The Nigerian man who breached the security at State House last Thursday, injuring a security guard while looking for the President, is now off of the ventilator and will be questioned immediately.
This was according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, who had initially reported that the suspect, Bethel Ikena Chinezie, was in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on life support, and could not be questioned.

Chimezie was hospitalised after being shot thrice by Police officers during the attack on the President’s home.
“The doctors had said that the State House attacker was hooked up to the ventilator, and we weren’t able to interview him, but we have just received some further information that they took him off the ventilator, so as a result of that, a team of investigators is on their way, to see if they have access to him to interview him,” he said.
Last Thursday, at about 07:30h, Chinezie approached the security detail at a southern guard hut in the compound of State House, located near Carmichael Street, with a demand to see the President.
He was cautioned about having to be processed before entering the compound, but he resisted being processed, then whipped out a knife from a pouch he was carrying and used same to stab Teon Perreira, one of the guards presents, five times about his body and to his neck. After injuring Perreira, Chienzie relieved a female guard of her firearm and retreated from the guard hut.
He then began firing shots in the area. Civilian videos of the ordeal on Thursday morning captured Chinezie walking backward from the guard hut while continuing to exchange gunfire with the Presidential Guards and other ranks. The severely injured Nigerian national was later surrounded, intercepted, and disarmed by ranks.
Both the injured guard and the attacker were rushed to the GPHC for immediate medical attention. Perreira was rushed into surgery at the GPHC, but later regained consciousness, and is reportedly alert. He, however, remains hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
At the scene of the shooting, Police ranks retrieved a 9mm pistol and seven 9mm spent shells. While there were no other injuries reported, there was visible damage to nearby business entities.
Information on Chinezie has revealed that he is employed with a cleaning service company. He arrived in Guyana on March 13, 2020, and was previously employed with a security company. (G9)