POLICE said yesterday that Randy Tello, 25, of Half-Mile, Wismar was shot and injured by a rubber bullet during efforts to arrest him after he and a group of men began throwing missiles at a mobile patrol manned by several members of the Joint Services at One-Mile Wismar on Tuesday night. A press release said at about 21:20 hrs on Tuesday a group of men threw missiles at the vehicle and ranks of a Joint Services mobile patrol at One-Mile, Wismar.
The Joint Services ranks pursued the men and caught up with one of them. During efforts to arrest him a rubber bullet was discharged by a police rank which struck the man to left side of his face.
A knife and a quantity of marijuana were found in his possession. Tello was taken to the Mackenzie Hospital by the ranks where he was admitted for medical attention.
The Guyana Police Force said it is not aware of any other person being shot during Joint Services activities in Linden last night, as reported by the Kaieteur News in its publication on Wednesday August 15, 2012.