A BETTER Hope, East Coast Demerara man was shot dead during a robbery at Bone Yard Backdam, Omai, police have confirmed. According to the police around 23:30 hrs on Sunday, the body of Errol Bowen, 23 years, of Better Hope, ECD, who is a shopkeeper at Bone Yard Backdam, Omai, was found with a gunshot wound to the back of his left ear. It was subsequently discovered that the shop was ransacked and 2 ounces 6 penny weight of gold was missing from the shop. Investigations are in progress. The corpse of Bowen is at Bone Yard Back Dam, Omai, waiting to be transported to Georgetown.