A teenager was robbed and shot by a lone gunman at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Wednesday.
19-year-old Ravin Mangru was at Better Hope talking on his phone when the lone suspect, armed with a handgun, approached him, police said in a press release. The incident occurred at about 9:15 pm. The bandit relieved the Felicity, ECD resident of a cellular phone and a bicycle and then shot him in the area of his right knee, the police said.
Mangru was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated and sent away. Investigations are continuing.