Sparendaam woman shot

East Coast Demerara: Ranks of a mobile police patrol yesterday responded to a report received that gunshots were being fired, at about 18:20hrs, in the Sparendaam Housing Scheme area, East Coast Demerara,

While the ranks approached two men whom they saw in the area, one of the men opened fire and the ranks returned fire, but the men escaped.

During further enquiries by the police 34-year-old Coleen Peters, of Sparendaam Housing Scheme, was found to have received a suspected gunshot wound to her upper left arm. She was taken by the ranks to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for medical attention while police investigations continue.