A 22-year-old Old England, Upper Demerara man died yesterday during a shoot-out with police, who were following up on investigations into a series of carjackings.
Police yesterday identified the dead man as Ronald Parris called “Junior”.
During the operation a man was arrested, an unlicensed gun found and a car suspected to be stolen was seized.
In a press release last night, police said that around midday ranks went to a house at Old England in search of stolen vehicles and suspects.
“As the police approached the house, five men ran out and ran towards the river”, the release said, adding that the police gave chase and one of the men pulled out a firearm and discharged a round.
One of the police ranks discharged a round in return at the man, who dropped the firearm and jumped into the river. The unlicensed .38 revolver with a spent shell in the chamber was recovered.
The release added that sometime later, about 200 yards downstream, ranks found the body of a man, who was later identified as Parris, with a gunshot wound.
Police said that while they were retrieving the body from the river, Parris’s relatives who had gathered, began to throw missiles at the police, injuring Constable DeJonge over the right eye. Ranks were forced to discharge two rounds into the air in order to disperse the crowd, the release added. Later, a search conducted at the house where the five men ran out from led to the discovery of an unlicensed 12-gauge shotgun.
Further, the release said, another man was arrested and an AT 192 Carina motor car, that is suspected to be stolen, was seized.
