Shot 20-year-old electrician still critical

FOLLOWING last Friday’s shooting incident in which 20-year-old Devon Howell was shot, injured and remains hospitalised in a critical condition, Crime Chief, Leslie James said that one of the two men fingered in the incident is in police custody and his 72-hour holding period will soon expire.

As such, they are awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to proceed in the matter, James added.

He stated that the other soldier remains in the custody of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The soldiers were located by officials of the GDF. After the incident, they had fled to Linden after taking Howell to the hospital shortly after he had been shot.

However, relatives had received information about the whereabouts of the men and contacted the GDF; the men were subsequently apprehended and transported to Base Camp Ayanganna.

Up to press time, Howell’s condition remained critical and unresponsive except when spoken to; he could open his eyes only for a short time, according to his mother, Allison Howell.

Howell, of Lot 87 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Georgetown, was shot and injured around 17:30hrs on November 21, 2014, at D’ Andrade Street, Newtown, while visiting the home of friends a short distance from his residence.

Relatives told this publication yesterday that Howell usually frequents the home of the soldiers, since they are friends and while there it was reported that they were playing with a gun when it went off, resulting in a bullet hitting him in the neck.

Allison Howell said the bullet exited her son’s neck, but not before it had caused major damage which has left him in an unresponsive state and hooked up to oxygen and other medical equipment in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(By Michel Outridge)

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