Customer trades bullets with gunmen during supermarket robbery

Nov 20, 2023 News

…one wounded

Kaieteur News – It was a scene like the movies when an armed customer at the Lucky Central Supermarket on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt Park, fired back at two gun-toting men who attempted to rob the business location on Monday night.

Reports are that around 20:00hrs on Monday, two gunmen dressed in hoodies and wearing face masks, emerged from a car which was parked two houses away from the supermarket. They entered the business, firing shots indiscriminately as they announced a robbery.

“Two men went in the supermarket armed with guns and started firing,” an eyewitness said. He said the security guard, who was on his phone at the time, could not respond as he was “backing” the gunmen when they entered the business entity.

As the drama unfolded, several customers who were inside ran for cover. One customer was shot, the eyewitness said.

As the customers ran for cover, an armed member of the presidential guard peeked out from behind an aisle and fired back at the gunmen, the eyewitness said.

The Lucky Central Supermarket on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt Park which was robbed on Monday night.

The gunmen ran out of the building and their getaway car drove off, leaving one of the perpetrators behind. He reportedly ran along Aubrey Barker Road and turned into the Festival City Exit, and disappeared under the streetlights as he headed in the direction of Sophia.

Police later arrived at the scene and commenced investigations into the robbery.

Monday night was not the first time bandits pounced on the supermarket. Last year, a security guard was shot when gunmen attacked the business entity. Supermarkets on Aubrey Barker Road have been targeted by bandits over the years.

The robberies at the supermarkets in the area usually occur when the businesses are preparing to close for the day.

Meanwhile, residents of the area are calling on the security companies to vet their employees since many are usually seen openly consuming alcohol and smoking marijuana while on duty. Some are also seen on their phones most of time.

At the Awen Supermarket at the corner of Kaikan Street and Aubrey Barker Street, the smell of marijuana is usually high, as groups of men can be seen in front of the business nightly and during the day, openly smoking the illicit substance.

The security guards at that business entity are usually seen in the company of the men, leaving customers with feelings of unease as they shop.

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