Tuschen family fearful after gunshots allegedly fired at house

A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) family is now fearful for their lives after gunshots were allegedly fired at their home a few days ago.

The Lot 2505 Tuschen New Scheme home is owned by Poorandai Sukhu but her niece has been residing at the location with her family for some time.
Guyana Times understands that on the day in question, the family of four was awakened by a barrage of gunshots being fired at their home, thus breaking the windows and other items in their home.

In a state of shock and fear, they hid in their respective bedrooms until the next morning.
However, Police Regional Commander, Assistant Police Commissioner Simon McBean has refuted such claims, stating that ranks visited the home and conducted a thorough investigation, where it was revealed that the damages were not caused by gunshots.
He further stated that another team of officers was requested to visit the house to ensure that the report from the first team is accurate.
“The police then processed the area where the alleged gunshot hole was seen. But based upon the Detective and his expert training, he concluded that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that there was any gunshot fired into the general area.”
The family had alleged that a report was filed at the Tuschen Police Outpost, but no one came to investigate the matter.
A few days later, they visited the outpost again and an officer accompanied the family to the house.
During the visit, the officer tried to convince the devastated family that it was pieces of rocks that were hurled at the house and not gunshots. However, the family pointed towards the bullet hole in the wall. One bullet was still lodged in the wood.
Sukhu also indicated that a few weeks prior to the incident, her nephew, who was in Guyana on vacation, was beaten by persons from the area.
“My nephew went to spend one week with his sister. He and his wife were coming out to get a car to come home and he and four other boys hold him and beat him up. Anyhow, my nephew got to escape and because he is not from Guyana, he didn’t want to make a report.”