Buxton shooting incident…1 discharged, 5 remain hospitalised

Jul 22, 2025 News

Kaieteur News – Following last week’s shooting in Buxton, East Coast Demerara, which claimed the lives of two men and left six others injured, one of the men has been discharged while the others remain in the care of the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC).

On Monday, Kaieteur News visited 60-year-old Linden Adams, who was discharged last Friday. The man shared that on the night of the incident, he, along with the other men were playing dominoes when he heard a loud bang. He said from that moment, he blacked out for a while.

Adams said when he regained consciousness, he was lying on the ground where he saw blood on the left side of his body. He also saw the other men laying on the ground and one in a slouched position at a table. The said man left and made his way home. When he arrived at his step, he made one short call for his wife “Shellon ah get shoot.”

The man said with the help of his family and friends he was taken to the hospital.

“Thursday morning, they carry me up for surgery, they said your hand break up bad it have to get steel,” Adams said.

He noted that he sustained two gunshot wounds to his left hand. The injured man mentioned that he has no issues with anybody, and that the incident has left him in a state of shock. He added that if he had a problem with someone, he would not have been able to remain safe in his home

“Before I get ma treatment ah get a neighbor name Davel, he still in the hospital. I find out bout Alwin and they said Alwin coming round,” the man said. he shared that he recalled hearing Davel Talbott ‘hollering’ because of the pain he was in.

Kaieteur News was told that 54-year-old Alwin Fiffee, of Middle Walk, Buxton, completed two successful surgeries and is expected to be discharged in the near future, while 26-year-old Talbott, Special Constable of Middle Walk, Buxton, 18-year-old Akeem Tuman, from Middle Walk, Buxton, 35-year-old Sherwin Nero from Friendship, ECD are all conscious and responding positively to treatment.

However, no update was provided for the 17-year-old un-named male from Middle Walk, Buxton.

Last Tuesday night, 16-year-old Leon McFarlene of Lot 71 Middle Walk, Buxton, ECD and 38-year-old Mark Anthony Correia of Lot 75 Republic Drive, Beterverwagting, ECD, were shot dead while six other men sustained injuries.

According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the eight men were playing cards and dominoes at Asha Robinson shop in Buxton. Around 23:00hrs, the 41-year-old businesswoman went to bed leaving the men in her shop.

“The businesswoman said that at about 23:47hrs, she heard several loud explosions (sounding like gunshots) and she went outside where she saw Mark Correia in a slumped position at the table with what appears to be blood oozing from his mouth, nose and back. She raised an alarm, and public-spirited persons responded and assisted in taking the other injured males to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where Leon McFarlene was pronounced dead on arrival,” police said.

It was noted that 40 spent shells (comprising one .40, twenty-nine 5.56×45, ten 7.62×39) were found. Four projectiles and two fragments were found on the ground in the shop; which were photographed, packaged and lodged.

“Based on additional information received, a silver-colored motorcar bearing registration number PVV 7616 or 7661 was seen circling the area. This was the car that the suspects reportedly used to carry out the attack, after which they rejoined the car and made good their escape,” police stated.

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