A bandit was shot dead by his colleague during a botched attempted robbery at a Gas Station at Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice Thursday night.After accidentally shooting his accomplice, the shooter turned his gun on a driver of a vehicle waiting for fuel at the gasoline station, ordered him out and escaped with the vehicle.

Up to press time, the bandit was still at large and the vehicle, a silver Grey Allion motor car PGG 2704 has not been recovered.

The dead man, apparently in his mid-thirties, is yet to be identified.

According to reports, around 19:15hrs, two men, one a tall Indian man and the other of African descent, approached the service station on foot.

At the time, the outlet’s Supervisor Nazir (only name given) was checking stocks when he noticed the men, one of whom was armed with a gun and the other with a knife. Nazir related that both men began ‘cursing’ his staff and demanding money.

He said the robber with the knife approached him and he backed away. As he backed away, he heard a shot went off and the man fell to the ground. On seeing this, the man with the gun snatched a bag from one of the female employees and then held up the driver of the vehicle waiting for fuel.

He took away the keys of the vehicle and sped away. The Supervisor told the Guyana Chronicle that he has little doubt that the bandit had intended to shoot him, and was thankful to God for being alive. The robber with the gun reportedly escaped without any cash. Police are investigating the incident