Written by Leroy Smith   
THE Guyana Police Force yesterday released the results of a post-mortem  performed by Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh on 21-year-old Mario Gouveia, who was shot by the police while in company of two alleged accomplices reportedly on the way to commit a robbery two Saturdays ago.

When Gouveia died at the Georgetown Public Hospital two days after that incident, his relatives had begun to question the cause of his death, deeming it suspicious.
Dr. Nehual Singh’s examination determined that Gouveia died as a result of brain haemorrhage.
At 21 years old, Gouveia had already racked up a criminal record when he was involved in an alleged exchange of gunfire between the police and would-be robbers whom they had confronted.
Two young, Hogg Street, Albuoystown men — Jermaine Canterbury, called “Chow”, 21 years old, and Mark Anthony Joseph, called “Two Grand”, 19 years old, died instantly in that deadly encounter with the police, whilst Gouveia had allegedly managed to escape from the scene of the shooting. However, he was apprehended by the police a short distance away.
The James Street, Albouystown man succumbed while still receiving medical attention under police guard at the GPHC last week Monday, two days after he had been admitted to that institution.
In an interview with this newspaper from his hospital bed last week Sunday, the 19-year-old had denied knowing the two other men, although several persons in Albouystown, including the mothers of the other two dead men, had identified him as an associate of their sons.
The police said they had recovered firearms and ammunition, along with a wig, during that Saturday night operation.
The police had reportedly received a tip-off that the men were about to rob an occupant of the K&VC hotel, and decided to stake out the area. Shortly after arriving at the stakeout point, a white car with the men showed up and parked at Alexander Street, while the three men exited and approached the hotel.
It was then that the police challenged them, resulting in them allegedly opening fire on the lawmen, forcing the police to retaliate, hitting two of the men. The car in which the men had showed up then reportedly fled the scene.
This publication was unable yesterday to confirm whether the police had been able to contact the owner of the vehicle, the number of which they issued in their press release on Sunday.
The police, in a press release yesterday, said the men died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Meanwhile, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has advised that relatives of Mario Gouveia have complained to Stabroek News that staff at Georgetown Public Hospital were negligent in the care delivered to him. No complaint of this nature has been made to the institution.
A police bulletin indicated that pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh had confirmed that Mario died of blunt trauma to the head. Dr. Singh, who is a member of staff at GPHC, has also confirmed that more tests are to be conducted. He mentioned that the bullet entered through the ear and exited at the side of the face thereby causing blunt trauma.
As soon as the final results are in, a determination will be made, said a GPHC statement.