POLICE have confirmed that the ‘CG bandit’ who was gunned down last Friday while trying to rob a businessman in the vicinity of McDoom, East Bank Demerara, was fingered in several robberies.

The dead bandit, who has been identified as Gary Koster, 38, of Norton Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was reportedly known to residents of his community as a “gun man”. His name had also been called in relation to a number of robberies and other gun-related crimes.
According to reports, last Friday’s incident occurred around 14:45hrs. The ‘pickup’ in which the 48-year-old businessman of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, was travelling, was heading due south and slowed on approaching McDoom.
Reports are that the driver of the vehicle, motor truck GTT 5907, had stopped to let another vehicle exit the McDoom access road when two males rode up on a black- and-grey CG motorcycle, bearing registration number 2167.
The pillion rider reportedly dismounted the bike, pulled a gun from his waist and dealt the businessman, who was travelling ‘shotgun’, a blow to the face before discharging a round.
The businessman, in response, pulled out the firearm he was licensed to carry, and discharged several rounds in the two suspects’ direction, hitting one of them.
The man that was hit reportedly fell on the roadway while the other ran due south along the McDoom Public Road and escaped.
When the police processed the scene, they found three .32 and one 9mm spent shells. The fallen bandit was taken to the Diamond Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body bore a gunshot wound to the left temple and one at the nape of the neck. The ‘pickup’, when examined, bore a bullet hole on the left side of the windscreen. Both the businessman and his driver gave statements to the police as investigations continue. The motorcycle has since been impounded at the West Ruimveldt Police Station.