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Shot carjacker was known to police
The wounded bandit being taken to the emergency unit of the hospital
Investigations have revealed that the carjacker who was shot by police ranks on Princes Street, Sunday afternoon, has several matters of a similar nature pending at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Godfrey Cheddi Bacchus, 22, according to a senior police officer, is a well known menace to society. The official said that charges would be laid against Bacchus as soon as the doctor discharges him from the hospital.
Bacchus, of Lot 28 Norton Street, Lodge, was shot shortly after he had relieved taxi driver, Alden McCurdy, of about $20,000 and his motor vehicle, HB 2929, on D’Urban Street, Lodge. The vehicle was discovered abandoned on Princes Street.
An associate of Bacchus was held shortly after the hijacking and is still in police custody at the Alberttown Police Station.
According to eyewitnesses, Bacchus was confronted by police and decided to abandon the car and run into Le Repentir Cemetery where he was shot in the leg.
Alden McCurdy, the taxi driver who at the time of the hijacking, was outside the vehicle, said that he had stopped to chat with his cousin on D’Urban Street, when Bacchus approached him with a gun and relieved him of his keys, $20,000 and a cell phone.
McCurdy said that right after the bandits struck he immediately called the police. The police in turn confronted the bandits on Princes Street.
Residents in the area told Kaieteur News that Bacchus attempted to run away after he was cornered by the police. The police in turn shot at Bacchus, wounding him twice in the left knee.
A hospital source said that the bullets shattered Bacchus’s knee and his leg may be amputated.
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