A bandit is under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot and injured during a robbery yesterday at Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown. Police reported that at about 08:50 hrs at Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown, where Enrico Inniss, 27, of South Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, was shot and injured by Oudit Seenarain of Prashad Nagar, a businessman and licensed firearm holder, whom he had attempted to rob.
Investigations revealed that Oudit Seenarain was returning to his vehicle when he was approached by a man armed with a firearm who told him that it was a robbery. Seenarain drew his firearm and both men discharged rounds at each other resulting in the perpetrator being shot to his right foot and buttocks. He however managed to escape on a motor cycle driven by an accomplice.
Later the police were informed by public spirited persons that a man was lying on the roadway at Lamaha Gardens with suspected gunshot injuries and upon checking the police discovered that it was the same man who had attacked Oudit Seenarain. A .38 Taurus revolver with two spent shells was found in his possession.
He was identified as Enrico Inniss and is a patient under guard at the GPHC.