POLICE Constable Victor Fausette was up to press time last evening fighting for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after being shot in the head, just above the left ear, by a man of unsound mind who was being held at the Wisrock Police Outpost.According to reports, the 18-year-old suspect, whose name has been given as Regan Richards, was seen wielding a cutlass in the One Mile Linden area as he threatened residents.

The police were called in, and on arrival assisted in arresting the young man, and took him down to the Wisrock Police Outpost.
It was while at the Outpost that Richards managed to disarm Fausette of his .38 police service revolver and shot him in his head before calmly walking out of the precinct, gun in hand. Unfortunately, Fausette was the only rank on duty at the time of the incident. But the outpost being located in close proximity to the community, residents who heard the gun go off were able to hurry to the scene to see what was going on. On arrival, they spotted Fausette lying in a pool of blood, picked him up, and rushed him to the Linden Hospital.
Meanwhile, shortly after receiving a call saying that a man was walking in the One Mile area with a gun in his hands, members of the anti-crime patrol responded and found him hiding in his home.
They called out to him to surrender and hand over the weapon, but he responded by opening fire on the ranks. As such, their only recourse was to return fire, which they did, fatally wounding him in the process.
Investigators have not yet been able to question the injured rank about what really transpired, as he was rendered unconscious after the shooting.
By Leroy Smith