THE police are hunting for three men who they said are identifiable to money changer 44-year old Wendell Liverpool of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown who was shot three times about the body while sitting at a shop with one of his siblings on Friday Night.Yesterday his mother Bernice Liverpool told this publication that she was at home when she heard the news that her son was shot two corners from where they lived.
The woman recalled that her grandson arrived and gave her the news and indicated that the man was being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Liverpool, a father of four, works as a money changer in Georgetown. His mother said that her son fails to take advice and it was because of his failure to take advice that he ended up being a victim of a robbery.
She said that her son wears a lot of jewellery and she should often encourage him that after he arrives home from work to strip himself of the valuables before heading out back to the road. She said that he never listens to that advice and said that should anyone come to relieve him of his property he will not be releasing it so easy.
On Friday when the man was sitting in a shop with his brother the men masked and brandishing hand guns began stripping Liverpool of the rings, chain and bands from his person.
Liverpool reportedly put up a fight and the men opened fire on him while also robbing him of the cash he had on him at the time.
Liverpool was shot to the shoulder, buttocks and back.
Yesterday his mother told this publication that her son was in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital and is unconscious.
Yesterday Crime Chief Leslie James informed this publication during an invited comment that the police are working on several leads with respect to the robbery. He said that the man seems to know his shooters and pointed out that the attackers knew that their victim was a money changer and that he would also have lots of jewellery on him.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Liverpool recalled that this is not the first time that her son was attacked by bandits. She said that some two years ago they were at home when two men attempted to invade their home but her son was able to wrestle one of the men to the ground and the other upon seeing that sprinted from the home.
Written By Leroy Smith