A 42-year-old businessman is in police custody after shooting a taxi driver who threw gasolene on him and was about to set him alight, Friday morning, on Regent Street, between Albert and Light Streets in Georgetown.

Reports state that the businessman who is a licensed firearm holder was on Regent Street when the 50-year-old taxi driver of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara confronted him over a rented property.

The taxi driver, who was carrying a white bottle, suspected to contain gasoline, threw the liquid on the businessman threatening to set him alight. When the businessman saw the taxi driver’s hands heading for his lighter, he reached for his firearm and discharged several rounds hitting the taxi driver in his left hand and left foot.

As a result, the taxi driver was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital by the police and admitted.
The police have since launched an investigation.