CROWD control was a problem for the police on Tuesday during the shootout between them and berserk businessman Deryck Kanhai in Middle Street, Georgetown.

As rapid gunshots rang out shortly after 13:00 hrs, people, instead of scurrying for cover, ran towards the scene by the dozens.
They continued to fill the nearby streets although there was a dangerous stand-off involving members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the civilian shooter.
It appeared as though people were not fearful for their lives as they remained in the vicinity even as police and the lone gunman traded bullets for more than two hours.
Despite police warnings to retreat and allow them to handle the situation, many people reacted rudely and disrespectfully, heckling the ranks loudly.
Dozens of teenagers and adults refused to leave the area and continued to disregard the police pleas for them to disperse.
Even after the gunfire ceased, they found innovative ways to get a better glimpse of the dead and injured, some climbing onto parked vehicles while others took to rooftops of nearby buildings and yet more just stood around.
Large throng

Police tried to keep the large throng at bay and managed, after sometime, to set up barricades in an effort to get some semblance of order.
The groups did not budge, though, and continued to taunt the ranks trying to get them away from the location.
Media operatives had the devil’s own job of getting to take pictures while securing themselves from gunshots.
However, others with cameras threw caution to the wind as they snapped photos from their cell phones at the corners of Middle and East Streets.
Eventually, the police secured the crime scene and were able to carry out their investigations, while some cried openly for their two colleagues killed in the confrontation.