SHARON Baldeo, a housewife of Diamond Housing Scheme, was Thursday afternoon shot to her leg and robbed of a bag with more than $200,000 after leaving the Republic Bank Branch at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.According to the woman’s daughter who spoke with the Guyana Chronicle, while at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), herself and her mother exited the bank and walked to the roadway to join public transportation.
The young lady said that they joined a minibus and when they entered, they observed a young man eyeing them up all along. She recalled that when the minibus was approaching the Flour Mill Road at Eccles, the male requested to be put off.

The woman and her daughter, who were seated in the back seat with the man, moved their feet for him to pass and as he passed he grabbed the bag which the woman had in her possession and she and her daughter put up a fight, which forced the man to whip out a handgun and fire shots at them.

One shot missed the young lady, while the second shot connected to her mother’s foot before the man made good his escape with the bag containing the cash.

However, after the police were informed of the incident and quickly went into operation mode, they were able to arrest the suspect but no weapon or the bag with the money was recovered.

The man was positively identified by another passenger in the minibus and the police are looking to have the victim and/or her daughter confirm today at an ID parade, if the suspect is indeed the man who snatched the bag.

Police sources have indicated that the young man whose age was given as 21, was said to be involved in a number of robberies in the past and was picked up by the police before. None of the robberies were however committed with the use of a firearm.