A 24-year-old man, Steven Surujbally, is now nursing a wound to his chest after he was attacked and shot by suspected bandits at Third Street, Cummings Lodge.

According to information from the Guyana Police Force, investigations so far have revealed that around 20:30 hours on Wednesday, Surujbally was walking home, heading in a southern direction, when the suspects rode up to him on a motorcycle from a northern direction.

As they reached the victim, they stopped, dismounted the motorcycle, and walked up to the victim.

Surujbally said he suspected the men wanted to harm or do him something, so he had a scuffle with the men, and during the scuffle, the pillion rider pulled out a handgun from the left side pants waist and discharged a round at him, hitting him on his chest.

The suspects reportedly then jumped on the motorcycle and escaped in a southern direction.

The victim was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital by EMT personnel. He remains a patient of the hospital, in a stable condition. Several persons have been questioned as part of the ongoing investigations.