At about 1215h. today contractor Floyd Dalton, 43 years of Bagotstown, EBD, was about to enter his motor vehicle in the service station compound at New Market and Camp Street, Georgetown, when he was confronted by an armed man who shot him to his left side and took away his pouch containing $400,000 and escaped.
Police said that Dalton has been admitted a patient in a stable condition at the GPHC.
Investigations are in progress. The shooting robbery is the latest in a spate that has gripped the country.