A Corentyne, Berbice resident is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after he was mysteriously shot while in his backyard early Christmas morning.
Hallman Hunte, 32 of Alness, Corentyne was shot once in the right side of the abdomen and on his right arm, as he was on his way from his outhouse.
According to the man’s reputed wife Mohannie Sooknanan, called ‘Vannie’, she awoke around 3 am on Sunday and her husband got up as well and they both headed outside to where their toilet and bath are situated. Vannie continued that she completed her bath, left her husband outside, and headed upstairs “for a match to start cook”. The woman said that as she was on her way up the stairs she heard a gunshot and her husband screamed and she ran back down the stairs.
As she neared the bottom of the stairs, Vannie said her husband ran into the house bleeding and collapsed in an unconscious state on a rug in the kitchen. She said that he subsequently came to and instructed her to go upstairs, but she refused and he shouted out to the neighbours for help. The woman said that they were eventually able to hitch a ride in a passing vehicle, which took her and Hunte to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
Vannie said she has no idea of the motive for her husband being shot, nor did he relay to her the circumstances. She said the police were made aware of the incident and they have since visited Hunte in the hospital and taken a statement.
