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Barbershop shooting…Ex-cop in ICU, barber stable
Nandram Persaud, the ex-policeman who was shot several times on Wednesday at a barbershop in what is believed to have been an attempted execution is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
The second victim, Kinta Gobin, a barber who was shot to his right thigh, is a patient in the Male Surgical Ward.
Persaud, 34, of lot 78 La Grange, West Bank Demerara, received multiple gunshot injuries and is said to be in a stable condition in the ICU.
According to reports, at around 17:00 hours on Wednesday, two men pulled up on a CG motorcycle at “Professional Cuts” barber shop located at lot 3 Railway Street, Kitty, Georgetown. One of the gunmen entered the barbershop and opened fire on the ex-cop.
It is believed that the barber was hit by a stray bullet.
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