Man mistaken for escapee succumbs to gunshot wound

Jul 27, 2017 News

DEAD: Charles Peters

A mentally ill man who was shot on Tuesday after he was mistaken for one of the prison escapees has succumbed.
Former rank of the Guyana Defence Force, Charles Peters, died around 01:45 hrs yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The 36-year-old who resided in Melanie, East Coast Demerara, was shot to the right arm and back around 12:30 hrs on Tuesday.
According to reports, the police received information that an “untidy looking” man, wearing old clothes, with what seemed to be mud on his skin, was seen in Annandale, East Coast Demerara.
Ranks immediately went to the location where they saw the individual, who began running from them—this resulted in the lawmen opening fire and hitting the man.
Upon getting a closer look, residents in the area later identified the victim as someone of unsound mind who did odd jobs for persons in the same village he was shot.
One of the man’s siblings, who declined to give her name, said that after leaving the army, the father of two went to neighbouring Suriname to spend some time. It was when he returned to Guyana that he developed mental issues. She could not say what really transpired, other than receiving a call from someone who informed her that the man had been shot.
Ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) are investigating the matter.

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