Latest update November 29th, 2024 1:00 AM
Teen shot in leg by Community police
A 19-year-old Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara man is currently
The injured teen: Leon Jabar
nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was reportedly shot in the leg by a member of a Community Policing Group.
A police press release yesterday, stated that around 01:00 hours, Leon Jabar, was shot in the left leg when he was confronted by a rank of the policing group who claimed that the teen had broken into an unoccupied house at the said location. The release said that Jabar was admitted at GPHC where he is being kept under police guard.
Jabar however claimed something different. He said that the man who shot him was no policeman. The teen said that he is currently employed as a fisherman on a vessel, but due to an injury he received on the job two weeks ago, he returned to the city.
The man who cried uncontrollably told Kaieteur News that on the day in question around 04:00hours, he went to a location where his brother–in-law had sent him. He admitted that he didn’t know what he was going for but since the relative asked him to go to the building and find out if anyone was at home, he did.
He continued that at the location, he sat on a stool outside the building where he encountered a caretaker and another man who had a handgun in his possession.
Jabar said that the caretaker told him, “Don’t run or we go shot you.” Adhering to the men’s orders Jabar said he remained fixed until the men came and held on to his pants while leading him towards the roadway. And as they walked, the teen said persons began to gather. Some women came and said to call an individual who he named.
Jabar said he was still in the company of the caretaker and the other man when he saw the said individual approach him in a drunken state, with a cigarette in his mouth and a shotgun in hand.
Jabar said the man walked up to him and asked him if he wanted a smoke and without warning, the man gun butted the teen. Jabar said the man then tripped him to the ground and fired one shot. “I didn’t feel anything at first, all I saw was a chunk of my left leg missing, the other had a set of burns, and I was lying in a pool of blood.”
Jabar also alleged that he was left laying on the ground for quite a while and during that time, the said man kept poking at his injured leg with the gun, jeering him. The teen said that when the police arrived, he was taken to the hospital and the man was taken to the police station to give a statement.
Prior to the shooting, Jabar said the caretaker pleaded with the individual not to shoot, but the man still did. The teen said that the individual who shot him was at the time drinking at a bar and having no relation in the incident, the man involved himself and for no good reason shot him.
He told this publication that only two months ago his mother died at this same hospital (GPHC) after suffering a heart attack. The boy said that he did not go far in school and he works very hard to make his money, but he is not a thief.
He continued to sob as he questioned who will take care of him since he would have to be bed ridden for quite a long time due to his injuries and that his family had no idea that he was hospitalized.
The teen further said that the man who shot him has told police that he does not wish to carry on the matter. “He tell de police how he ain’t want no story cause he know he wrong me. He aint got no reason to shot me. He know me, I grow up right in de village. He know my mother. He ruin my life,” the teen wailed.
Both of Jabar’s legs were bandaged but still bleeding. It is understood that the teen lost a lot of blood and a large chunk of his leg was blown off. He also sustained serious injuries to the other leg which was damaged by the pellets from the 12 gauge shot. His face was also swollen from the gun butt. It may very well be a long time before the teen could walk again.
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