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Wild, Wild North West…Cops shoot drunk,gun-toting miner

Dec 16, 2013 News

 

There was yet another shooting incident Saturday in the increasingly lawless North-West District, with police wounding a gun-toting, 27-year-old miner, who was discharging a firearm and threatening to kill people.
Police said that the incident occurred at “Bald Head Shop,” Kumaka Waterfront, Mabaruma, North West District, and identified the wounded man as Randy Edwards of Yarakita, North West District.
A release from the Police Public Relations Department stated that at about 23:45hrs on Saturday night the police responded to a report that a man was at the Kumaka Waterfront, discharging rounds from a firearm and threatening to kill persons.
“After the police arrived, a rank that was armed with his service revolver saw Edwards, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, in a shop armed with an unlicensed shotgun. The policeman confronted Edwards in efforts to retrieve the firearm and to arrest him, and a struggle ensued between them, during which Edwards was shot and injured to his back,” police said.
“The unlicensed shotgun was recovered by the police. He was then taken to Mabaruma Hospital and was subsequently referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted.
Kaieteur News was told that Edwards was partying with some women when he lost his cell phone. He suspected one of the females had stolen it.
According to a source, Edwards subsequently returned to the shop with a handgun, stood on a bridge and discharged several rounds. Police were summoned and he was shot.
But some residents accused the police of shooting first and asking questions after.
According to an eyewitness, “the police walk in the rum shop and shoot the man first then ask him where he get the gun from.” Kaieteur News was told that the wounded miner identified the alleged owner of the firearm. Police reportedly searched the resident’s home while he was out and found a plastic bag suspected to have contained a prohibited substance. They reportedly arrested the man.

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