RESIDENTS of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown had the scare of their lives when police, in hot pursuit of two alleged bandits who had reportedly robbed a market vendor on Friday afternoon, discharged two warning rounds in the air.

Residents told Guyana Chronicle that the young robbers, who are not from the area, had allegedly robbed a vendor who operates a photocopy business in the East La Penitence Market.

One resident related that he was at the street corner when he saw two youths running through Freeman Street in the vicinity of Brickdam Secondary School, with police on a mobile patrol giving chase. He said the cops told the young men to “Stop!” but they did not, thus the two warning shots were discharged in the air as the chase continued from Freeman Street into Front Road.

The youths reportedly managed to elude the police, who subsequently could not be reached for a comment on the incident.