DARBY Blackman, 53, of Block ‘E’ South Sophia was shot in the abdomen while on his way home from work yesterday morning. 

Blackman, a security guard attached to the Assemblies of God Headquarters in Queenstown, was shot by a bandit who approached him while he was riding along Jamoon Drive, Meadowbrook.
Speaking with investigators at the Georgetown Public Hospital the man recalled that he worked through the night on Monday and was heading home yesterday when he saw another man approaching. He said that just as the man passed him, he heard some saying “give me all you got” while pointing what appeared to be a gun at him.
The man said at first he began to resist and the bandit who was also riding a bicycle fired two shots in his direction, one of which caught him in the abdomen.
Speaking with an oxygen mask over his face, the injured man said that he was not robbed of anything since the gunman who appeared to be just about 18-years-old fled after shooting him. Persons in the area rushed to his assistance and he was taken to the hospital where up to press time he was being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(Leroy Smith)