NINETEEN-year-old Curtis Castello, who was wounded on Saturday following the robbery and shooting of a businessman, was still receiving treatment yesterday under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital.However, the Guyana Chronicle understands that the teenager is not in a critical condition although his injuries are serious.
Castello was rushed to the institution from the Diamond Hospital for emergency treatment for gunshot injury to his neck and hand.
His accomplice Michael Grant died at the Diamond Hospital from a gunshot wound to the chest after their robbery victim, a businessman who is a licensed firearm holder, returned fire. A third bandit was able to escape but he is being sought by the police.
On Saturday the men pounced on a drinking spot where the businessman and other friends were hanging out. They proceeded to rob the businessman of his gold chain and a ring while one of them discharged a shot hitting him on the hand.
On Saturday, relatives of the dead bandit told the Guyana Chronicle that the young man “was a good boy who never mixed up with other persons, never liked parties, and hardly would go out.”