A 17-year-old suspect of ‘D’ Field Sophia, Georgetown was shot in the left thigh and is receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for the gunshot wound he received while attempting to rob a 40-year-old businessman around 21:30hrs on Sunday night on the Turkeyen Public Road, East Coast Demerara.
This is according to the Police, who in a statement said that the city businessman, a licenced firearm holder, had stopped on the public road after his vehicle developed mechanical problems and was pounced upon by the suspect.
The suspect is currently under guard at the said hospital as investigations continue.
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