Latest update November 29th, 2024 1:00 AM
Prisoner shot in escape bid, passerby also hit
The injured prisoner Marvin Williams being rushed into the emergency room at the GPHC.
An attempt to escape from the Georgetown Prison yesterday left Marvin Williams, 24, nursing two gunshot wounds, one each to the left buttock and leg, while a stray bullet struck passerby Wayne Thomas, 25, of 113 John and Bent Streets, Werk-en-Rust, in the lower right leg. Both men were admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
According to sources, Williams was returning from the Vreed-en-Hoop court, at around 15:00hrs, after being sentenced to three years for narcotics, and it was apparent that frustration got the better of him since he had already been on remand for a lengthy period.
It was disclosed that Williams made a dash from the prison van after the gateway was opened to allow the transfer of inmates into the prison. He ran north, and while turning into Bent Street, he was shot twice by police. An eyewitness disclosed that at the time Williams was not wearing any handcuffs.
Another eyewitness recounted that after being shot the prisoner continued to run but did not make it far before the police caught up with him.
A businessman who employs Wayne Thomas said that he had sent his workman to ‘Kampala’, an establishment near the prison, and while turning into Camp Street he was shot in his right leg.
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