Latest update April 18th, 2025 8:12 AM
Nandy Park Shooting… Baby discharged from hospital, police silent on investigations
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Mawanza Gills and her 18-month-old son, Travis Rudder Jr. now called the ‘miracle baby’, have both been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and are recovering at an undisclosed location.
The two were hospitalized following a daring shooting at their Nandy Park home that claimed the life of Travis Rudder Snr. on Father’s Day.
Little Travis was shot six times about the body; five times in the abdomen and once to his leg, while his mother was shot seven times in her legs.
He had undergone emergency surgery on his admission to GPHC to remove the bullets, but doctors were only able to remove five. One which is lodged in the lad’s abdomen remained in a ‘technical’ location.
The bullet has remained in the same position and according to Gill, doctors have assured that it is not life threatening.
When Kaieteur News visited the child and his mother, yesterday, they were both in high spirits.
Gills told the reporter that she is feeling a lot better but is still fearful for her life. With regard to Travis’ health she said that doctors have reported that he is ‘healing well’.
The child was all in smiles and sitting up. According to his mother he is moving around but not as he did before the shooting.
Meanwhile Travis Rudder Snr. was laid to rest on Tuesday. He received over 21 shots which left him ‘sprawled off’ dead, on his bed.
Kaieteur News understands that the police have been rather quiet about the investigations into the shooting.
There are speculations that this case seems to be heading in the direction of being one of the many cold cases.
Gunmen firing semi-automatic pistols through a bedroom window pumped over 21 bullets into Travis Rudder, and a few rounds into his wife and baby son, as they slept in their bedroom.
By the time the gunmen’s clips were empty, 26-year-old Rudder lay sprawled and lifeless on his bed; his son Travis Jr. badly wounded, and his reputed wife Mawanza Gill, bleeding from gunshot wounds to both legs.
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