…family believes bullet intended for mother-in-law
A 32-year-old taxi driver of East La Penitence, Georgetown was injured by gunshot at about 00:10h on Wednesday in Campbell Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.
Injured is Rafael Hintzen, whom Police say is known to one of the suspects, since their partners are sisters who reside in Campbell Street, Albouystown.
According to Police, information received from the 41-year-old mother-in-law of both the suspect and Hintzen is that, on Phagwah Day, her nephew sprayed water from a ‘water gun’ on one of the suspect’s friends, and he became annoyed by this act.
Subsequently, she and the suspect, whom she claimed is her son-in-law, became engaged in a heated argument wherein he allegedly threatened to ‘kill’ her.
Police have said that at about 00:10h on Wednesday, Hintzen was in his car, which was parked in front of their home in Campbell Street, Albouystown, and his mother-in-law was inside the yard sitting on a chair when the suspect and three other men, all of whom were armed with handguns, appeared from an alleyway opposite the yard and discharged several rounds in the direction of Hintzen and his mother-in-law.
Police have said that Hintzen exited his car and ran into the yard where his mother-in-law was sitting, and realizing that he was shot in the foot, the woman attempted to pull him up the stairs to get him into the house, but in the process of so doing, the woman saw the suspect and his accomplices running through the front gate towards her, firing several rounds at her.
The woman claimed that she immediately left Hintzen at the bottom of the stairway and ran upstairs and closed the door.
The woman told Police that the suspect and his accomplices did not further injure Hintzen when they caught up with him, and she assumed that she was the intended target.
The suspects made good their escape in a waiting car while a relative rushed Hintzen to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was admitted a patient.
Detectives have recovered several spent shells and warheads at the scene. Several persons have been questioned, and useful information has been obtained. Police are looking for the suspects as investigations continue.
