A late afternoon robbery attempt on Sterling Products on the East Bank of Demerara has left a security guard dead and another man nursing a gunshot wound to the leg.

Dead is father of two, Wilfred Steven Stewart,of Graham’s Hall East Coast Demerara, who was attached to the Edward B Beharry Security Company for more than 15 years.
The Guyana Chronicle was informed that approximately five heavily armed men who were masked showed up at the facility and marched straight through the gate and into the guard hut. They opened fire on Stewart, while another worker who was sitting outside the guard hut was chased by one of the gunman but managed to escape.
The gunmen, who were carrying riffles, were reportedly transported to the location in a white car which was heavily tinted.
Speaking with the media on Monday night at the scene of the crime, Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Products Limited, Ramsey Ali, said that the men showed up at the facility at approximately 18:45 hrs and shot the guard as they attempted to make their way into the building’s upper flat where the cashiers are located.

The company executive said that the company does have cameras and those were being reviewed by the police almost immediately after the shooting. However police sources have indicated to this newspaper that video footage did not serve much of a purpose, since the footage was not clear, though it did allow investigators to ascertain the number of gunmen who invaded the place and established that they were carrying riffles.
Speaking with this publication also was the brother of the dead man who identified himself as Clive Stewart.
When this publication visited the location there was a very heavy police presence in and around the facility even as they conducted their investigation. Meanwhile police intelligence were informed that the men who committed the act might have fled to a village farther up the East Bank Demerara but quick response by the ranks failed to net anyone who might have been suspect.
Lyken Funeral Parlor undertakers arrived at the location and removed the body of the man from the bloodied guard hut which was then secured and guarded by police as investigations continue. The body was then taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

(By Leroy Smith)