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Gunman shoots accomplice while fleeing robbery scene

May 07, 2017 News

– Four nabbed, two vehicles impounded

A gunman has confessed to mistakenly shooting one of his accomplices after he and three others were arrested for robbing a shop at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WBD) around 13:25hrs on Friday.
The confessed shooter was one of four men who were apprehended on Friday near the Demerara Harbour Bridge, shortly after carrying out the daring robbery.
Among those apprehended was Leon Williams of Lot 139 Section K Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
It was Williams who was accidentally shot to the upper right arm by his accomplice, when the getaway vehicle he was driving crashed. Two other suspects managed to escape.
The police said that four males entered the business place operated by a woman and her daughter and pretended to be customers.
Shortly after, two of them whipped out firearms and relieved the victims of their valuables before fleeing in a Toyota Spacio. They discharged several rounds in the air as they were escaping.
The matter was reported to the police and ranks immediately responded and intercepted the getaway vehicle.
By this time, only the driver was in the vehicle. He disclosed that his accomplices had abandoned his car and boarded another vehicle driven by one of the suspects and they were heading to the Harbour Bridge.
It was then roadblocks were immediately set up and the suspects, upon noticing this, diverted to La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.
Kaieteur News was informed that Williams panicked after seeing the police ranks and crashed into a culvert.
His accomplice, who was sitting in the front passenger’s seat, told the police that he had the gun in his hand and when the vehicle crashed, the impact caused him to mistakenly discharge a round which struck Williams.
He explained that they were all desperate to get over the bridge and abandoned their wounded accomplice. He said that they then walked to the main road where they boarded separate buses.
The police in a release said that two of the men were nabbed at the Harbour Bridge with an unlicensed firearm and five rounds.
The two vehicles which transported the men have been lodged.

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