POLICE are investigating a shooting that left a 26-year-old man hospitalised with five gunshot wounds.
According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the incident occurred at proximately 11:30 hours at Middle Road, La Penitence, on Monday.

The victim, identified as Shane Bourne, was reportedly approached by two unidentified males on a motorcycle. One of men fired several shots at Bourne, striking him four times in his right thigh and once in his left thigh.

The suspects immediately fled the scene after the attack. Bourne was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation by public-spirited citizens and is listed in a stable condition. Investigations are ongoing, police said.