TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Rawle Braithwaite of South Ruimveldt Park in the City was shot in the buttocks yesterday afternoon in a running feud between himself and another man.The taxi driver was accused of having a relationship with the ‘child mother’ of the assailant and the two had an argument on Tuesday night about that.
However, yesterday afternoon while Braithwaite was hanging out on the corner at the Exit in South Ruimveldt, at a car wash, the man with whom he had the argument the night before showed up.
Braithwaite’s friend told this publication that when the man rode up to the corner on his cycle, he tried to get the attention of the taxi driver and began rushing up to him stating that he (Rawle) knew what he (the assailant) has, referring to his gun.
Upon hearing those words, Rawle reportedly rush to arm himself with a piece of wood to confront the man but by then the man reportedly whipped out his firearm and fired a shot at Braithwaite which struck him to the buttocks. The injured man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
One man who spoke with this publication stated that the two were friends for some time and that Rawle did indeed know that the assailant was the holder of an unlicensed firearm but never reported that to the authorities.
Up to late last evening, Braithwaite was still being treated for his gunshot wound while the police continued their hunt for the gunman who, after shooting the taxi driver, jumped on his cycle and rode away.
By Leroy Smith