Two shot in separate incidents

Feb 19, 2014 News

A man, who punched two police officers at the Stabroek Market outpost Monday night, and bit another, was shot to the right leg and is now a patient, under police guard, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
The injured man has been identified as Shawn Prince.

Shawn Prince who was shot by the police

According to information received, Prince was arrested after a minibus driver made a report at the outpost that he (Prince) threatened to kill him with an ice pick.
“When Prince went into the outpost he told the rank that he wanted to use the washroom and he was allowed. When he came out from the washroom, he didn’t want to put on the handcuff and he started to behave disorderly and he bit the policeman,” a source said.
The source added that after Prince bit the rank, a constable who was outside the outpost ran in and assisted his colleague to “calm down” Prince.
“They call for backup and when the patrol came, Prince started to act up again. He punched two of the ranks to their face and run into the washroom and break the toilet cover. He tek a sharp piece (of the broken cover) and run towards a police and the man just tek out he gun and shoot he.”
Meanwhile, at around 09:15 hrs yesterday, 21-year-old Earl Deokarran of Ogle Front Road, ECD, was shot to the groin by a lone gunman while crossing a bridge at Ogle, ECD.
Police in a press release said that Travis Edwards, 19, and Deokarran were attacked by a man armed with a gun.
According to the statement, the perpetrator took away a gold chain from Travis Edwards and shot and injured Deokarran to his groin. The gunman then fled the scene and the injured man was rushed to the hospital where he is now a patient.
Investigations are ongoing.