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Man critical after Christmas Eve shooting
A young man is currently in a critical but stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s High Dependency Unit after being shot in the abdomen during a robbery in ‘C’ Field Sophia.
According to reports, Wayne Porter and a friend were attacked in a shop. This publication was told that Porter came out of an interior location a few days prior to the incident after being diagnosed with Malaria.
Shot: Wayne Porter
On Christmas Eve, a friend came to visit him at his home and they decided to go to a nearby shop to ‘hang out’. However while at the shop two men entered and attacked Porter and his friend. One man held onto Porter’s friend and demanded that he hand over “cash and gold wha y’all bring out the bush”. The man told his attacker that he just came into the area to see his sick friend and he had no cash.
However the robber insisted that the man hand over his valuables and ordered him to empty his pockets. This publication was told that before the men left for the shop, Porter advised his friend to remove his gold jewellery and hide them in his pocket to avoid unwanted attention. When the man was told to empty his pockets he tried his best not to let the items which he hid in his pocket show. But the robber’s eyes quickly spotted the items and he grabbed the gold chain.
Meanwhile, outside the shop the other robber was involved in a scuffle with Porter. Porter was heard telling one of the men “Y’all does only want deh robbing people with them toy gun”, and shortly after a gunshot was heard and the two men were seen running away. Porter then fell to the ground and it was only at that point persons realized that he had been shot.
The injured man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. He was shot in his abdomen. Up to press time yesterday he was still a patient of the institution. Investigations are ongoing.
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