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One month later…Bus driver’s killer(s) still to be apprehended
One month has passed since 38-year-old Jermaine Burrowes was shot dead during a robbery at the Liliendaal
Dead: Jermaine Burrowes
Railway Embankment on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), in the vicinity of the “Steel Bridge,” and the police are yet to apprehend his killer(s).
This newspaper was told that since the father of one died, a number of persons were arrested, but no one was charged for the shooting.
Burrowes was shot around 22:00 hrs on December 15, last, shortly after he had picked up passengers in proximity to the Giftland Mall at Liliendaal. He managed to drive his vehicle for a short distance before veering into a trench at Blygezight Gardens, ECD.
Reports are that after picking up passengers, the bus was flagged down by a man. When Burrowes stopped, another man appeared at the driver’s side of the minibus.
One of the passengers suspected that the two men were robbers and pulled the door shut, preventing the man from entering the bus.
At that point, the bandit who was at the driver’s side pointed a gun at Burrowes and shot him.
This newspaper understands that with passengers screaming and telling Burrowes to drive, the wounded man continued in the direction of Georgetown, before losing control of his vehicle and ending up in a trench. He was hospitalized in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit for almost a week before he succumbed.
Just before he died, doctors were forced to remove one of his kidneys. Burrowes was shot in the back and abdomen.
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