A SALESMAN is nursing gunshot injuries at New Amsterdam Hospital, following a shooting incident on Sunday while he was ironing clothing at his residence at Portuguese Quarters, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.The incident reported occurred around 20:00 hours and Satraz Bacchus, called “Andrew”, 31, is currently a patient at Ward Eight, male surgical wards at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
The modest one storied wooden edifice in which Bacchus lived has a lone incomplete stairway. The house is secured by a sheet of plyboard.
Speaking from his hospital bed, Bacchus said he was at home “doing some ironing” when he observed a hand moving a plyboard that blocked the doorway.
On seeing the hand, he shouted thief! thief!, then suddenly, he heard three loud explosions and felt a burning sensation on his upper right leg.
He did not see who shot him, nor did he lose consciousness during the ordeal.
However, his shouts for help alerted his neighbours and they hurriedly went to the Rose Hall Police Outpost to report the matter.
The bloodied injured man was taken to the Port Mourant Hospital by cops, but he was subsequently transferred to New Amsterdam Hospital, where he remains a patient. Investigations are continuing.