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Water Street ambush…Da Silva died of multiple gunshot wounds – Post Mortem
As police still investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting to death of a handyman in the vicinity of Water Street, a post mortem performed by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh yesterday, revealed that Victor Da Silva of Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara died of multiple gunshot injuries.
The 72-year-old Victor Da Silva sustained about four gunshot wounds about his body. The shooting occurred around 08:15 hours on Tuesday in the vicinity of Water and Cowan Streets, Kingston.
Da Silva’s employer, proprietor of Gajadhar Service Station, Cecil Albert Gajadhar, 71, of Foulis, East Coast Demerara, sustained a gunshot wound to his left abdomen and another to his face. He has been hospitalized and is in stable condition at GPHC.
According to the injured businessman’s wife, Lorymell Gajadhar, after he was shot he managed to drive his vehicle about a mile from the robbery scene, to the Water Street Branch of Republic Bank where he pleaded with a security guard to open the gate. The security guard who knows the businessman reportedly responded favourably to the request.
Gajadar reportedly tried to flag down a taxi to take him to the hospital but according to reports, many persons were apprehensive after seeing the businessman’s blood soaked clothes.
“Thankfully, a Good Samaritan who knows him saw him and assisted in taking him to the hospital,” Gajadhar’s wife told Kaieteur News.
She said that on several occasions last week a number of men on motorcycles, had frequented their fuel station at Foulis and threatened the now dead handyman.
She also mentioned that within recent times her husband had become very security conscious, changing his routine when it comes to the movement of his cash, frequently.
“He tries to stagger his timings. They (bandits) had to be waiting for him since God make morning,” Mrs. Gajadhar declared.
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