TWENTY-three-year-old Delroy Cort of Manchester Village, Corentyne Coast Berbice was fatally shot by the police during an armed robbery at #61 Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Wednesday last.Police report that at about 14:15 hrs on July 29 last, a man and a woman informed ranks of a mobile patrol that they had been held up in the  No. 61 Village beach area by two men armed with shotguns, and were deprived of their cash, jewellery and two cell phones.

The police pursued and caught up with the armed men, and in the ensuing confrontation, the ranks were fired upon. They returned fire, fatally wounding Delroy Cort, while his accomplice managed to escape.

An unlicensed 12-gauge shotgun, two cartridges and the two stolen cellphones were recovered by the police.