SINCE November 21, 2014, when 20-year-old, Devon Howell of 87 Da Silva Street, Kitty was shot to his neck while he and his friends were “playing with a gun” in a house on D’Andrade Street, near his home, his condition remains critical in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the GPHC and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been recommended.Howell was unresponsive and unconscious up to press time.

Relatives yesterday told this publication that they have been able to gather the money to have the MRI done at Balwant Singh Hospital but given his critical condition they have to approach it with caution since he is still hooked up to various medical equipment.

Relatives told this publication that Howell usually frequents the home of his friends at D’Andrade Street and while there it was reported that they were playing with a gun when it went off.

Based on reports, the group was taking turns to play around with the weapon when it accidentally went off discharging a round which struck Howell in the neck.

His mother, Allison Howell, said the bullet exited her electrician son’s neck but caused major damage which has left him in an unresponsive state.

Since then a GDF soldier has been charged with attempted murder and remanded to prison.