Security cameras installed at Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph’s store did not capture the image of the lone bandit who shot and robbed him on Monday afternoon.
Joseph, of 68 Sunflower Street, Wismar, Linden, was shot and robbed of $10,000, a gold chain and a cellular phone, just under an hour after Bolo’s General Store was opened for the usual afternoon business. He was treated for a gunshot wound to the abdomen at the Linden Hospital Complex and subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Joseph’s daughter, Lauren, who was the cashier on duty, said the bandit entered the store brandishing a gun. At the time, she was in the cashier’s cage and Joseph was sitting in his usual position in front of the cashier’s cage. “I see the man come in the store and go straight up to Bolo and said gimme deh money,” Lauren Joseph said. “Bolo tell he he ain’t gat no money and he seh gimme wah yuh gat.” The businessman took off a gold chain he was wearing and handed it to the bandit, who demanded more. As Joseph went into his pocket, he was shot in the left side of his abdomen. The bandit then took the phone and cash, which were in the businessman’s pocket, and he fled.
