Georgetown : Vendor Hardai Rodrigues, 51 years, of Martyrs’ Ville, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was attacked by a man armed with a firearm at the Plaisance Market, ECD.
Rodrigues put up a resistance during which she was struck to her head by her attacker.
Ranks of a mobile police anti-crime patrol arrived in the area at the same time and responded during which the suspect opened fire on the ranks. The police returned fire hitting him to the head and left foot. An unlicensed .38 revolver with three rounds and a spent shell was recovered by the police.
The suspect who has been identified as Quacy McPherson, 32 years, of Plaisance Squatting Area, ECD, has been admitted a patient under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Hardai Rodrigues was treated and sent away.
