Latest update November 26th, 2024 1:00 AM
Shot teen claims his condition is “worsening”
The teenager, who is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation
The injured teen at GPHC
(GPHC), nursing gunshot wounds to his feet is claiming that his condition is worsening day by day.
Reports are that 19-year-old Leon Jabar of Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was shot in his left leg after he was confronted by a rank of the policing group who accused the teen of breaking into an unoccupied house in the said area.
The teen, however refuted what the rank claimed. He said that the man (rank) was under the influence of alcohol when he shot him.
Yesterday, the injured man, who is under police guard at GPHC, claimed that his condition is deteriorating.
He told Kaieteur News, “Me aint able talk, meh stomach hurting bad, bad.”
Last Monday, Leon Jabar was shot in his leg. The rank from the Community Policing Group who shot him claimed that the teen had broken into an unoccupied house, causing him to fire a shot at him.
The teen however, claimed something else. He alleged that his brother-in-law had sent him at the said location to inquire whether anyone was at home. He said that he only went to the location at his brother-in-law’s behest.
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 explained that the man who had the gun in his possession approached him in a drunken state and asked him if he wanted a smoke and without warning, the man gun butted him.
He said the man then tripped him to the ground and fired one shot.
He added that the man left him on the ground and jeered him. He was left there until the police arrived and took him to the hospital.
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