A Linden taxi-driver has been hospitalized in a critical condition having suffered two gunshot wounds after being robbed of his car in the mining town on Saturday night.
Kerwin Morris, 28, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden is in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in a serious but stable condition. He sustained two gunshot wounds to the left side of his head and stomach during the incident which occurred at about 10:30 pm.
Police have since detained the suspect along with three other persons, who are assisting with investigations. According to information reaching this newspaper, the men were found in a house at Retrieve, Linden and are reportedly friends of another taxi driver previously attached to the base, from which Morris works. The suspect is reportedly an ex-policeman while another of those detained is said to be a 19-year-old ex-soldier.
Police, in a press release said that Morris was hired to take the suspect in car HB 5869 to Georgetown. At Millie’s Hideout, Linden, the man requested Morris to stop and asked him to help him put a bag in the car. “The suspect then shot the driver in his abdomen and left side head and drove the car away”, the release stated.
Police said that Morris contacted a friend, who took him to the McKenzie Hospital from where he was later transferred to the GPH. The car has not yet been recovered, the police added.
At the hospital yesterday Morris’s father, Roland Morris said that he was told that a man had hired his son to transport him.
While on the way, he said, Kerwin was asked to stop to pick up a bag and when he came out of the vehicle, he was shot. He said that the bullets were still lodged in his son’s body.
Police investigations are continuing.
