Suspected bandits shot from a distance – PM

Seawall shooting

…each shot at least 6 times

A post-mortem examination conducted on the bodies of Kwame Assanah and Dextroy Cordis proved they were both shot six times each. It is unclear how many times the third man, Errol Adams, was shot.
The Police on Tuesday said the autopsies were conducted by Dr Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary, who disclosed that the men died as a result of multiple gunshot injuries.
The three men were shot dead during a shootout with the Police on Thursday last at the Kingston Seawall just behind the GNS ground.
However, based on the post-mortem report that was seen by relatives of Assanah, the bullets entered and exited the bodies of Assanah and Cordis.
Assanah was shot five times to the chest and once to the upper right arm, while Cordis was shot five times to the chest and upper body and once to the head. Attempts to contact the relatives of Errol Adams of Essequibo proved futile.
The post-mortem also revealed that the men were shot from some distance away.
Nevertheless, the Police in a statement said they were convinced the men were about to commit a robbery on a customer who had completed a transaction at Scotia Bank, Robb Street, Georgetown.
The Police alleged that the men in the black Toyota IST motorcar were following the customer and in an unmarked vehicle, the Police trailed the suspected bandits.
The men were cornered on the Kingston seawall forcing them to open fire on the Police ranks and in retaliation, the Police returned fire mortally wounding the men.
The car belonging to the Police had at least two bullet holes on the windscreen.
Meanwhile, acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine on Monday threw his support behind his ranks, claiming the shooting to death of the three men were justified.