East Coast Demerara police are looking for a lone gunman who after assaulting a Dazzel Housing Scheme man with his gun on Friday night and escaped with jewellery, phone cards and several cellular phones.
A senior police official told Stabroek News yesterday that around 20:35 hrs Ray Williams was standing in front of a shop when a gunman approached him. The man hit him in his head several times with the gun then forced him into the shop.
According to the official, the gunman later fled with Williams’ personal jewellery, the phone cards and three Blackberry cell phones from the shop.
When approached, Williams declined to comment.
Investigations are continuing.