Shafeek Mohamed, a resident of Sand Reef, Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is nursing a gunshot wound after he resisted arrest and challenged Police ranks with a cutlass during an incident on Tuesday last at about 23:00 hours at Lusignan, ECD.
According to a Sergeant, stationed at the Lusignan Police Outpost, he received information from an unknown caller that the said male (Mohamed) was seen exiting someone’s yard with a Microwave.
The Sergeant and another rank, who were on foot patrol duty, responded and saw the suspect attempting to conceal a microwave. The ranks shouted and approached the suspect, who resisted by taking out a cutlass from his waist, and in a hostile manner, challenged the ranks. The Sergeant warned him to desist, but he kept advancing, and he was shot in his left thigh.
Mohamed was escorted to the Enmore Regional Hospital, where he is admitted and receiving treatment. His condition is stable.
According to the Sergeant, the suspect (Mohamed) was wanted for a series of offences within the district.
Investigations are ongoing.
