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Taxi driver shot during robbery attempt
A 50-year-old taxi driver was shot Saturday night during an attempted robbery at North East La Penitence, Georgetown.
Gayford Cordinton of Lot 737 La Parfaite Harmony, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was treated and discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being shot in the lower left leg.
According to information received, the taxi driver received a call around 22:15hrs on Saturday to do a pickup at Hadfield and Hardina Streets, Georgetown.
When he arrived at the location, two men entered the back seat of the car and requested to be taken to North Sophia.
Reports are that while in the vicinity of North East La Penitence, the two suspects requested Cordinton to stop the vehicle.
When the taxi driver stopped, both suspects exited and one of them placed a gun to the driver’s head and demanded that he also exit the vehicle.
According to information received, the victim refused and one of the two men shot him to the foot and they both escaped through an alleyway.
No one has been arrested as yet.
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