Corn Bread Mini Mart shooting victim, Glen Xavier succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) while the other injured man remains a patient in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the same hospital.
A hospital official yesterday confirmed that 26-year-old Xavier of Harlem West Coast Demerara, who was shot in his chest and left hand, died around 7 am without any improvement in his condition.
At the time of his death the man who is originally from the Pakaraimas and who was staying at a Harlem address was hooked up to a life support machine. Stabroek News was unable to contact any of the man’s relatives.
Meanwhile, Orin John, who was shot in the abdomen, is said to be recovering well but is complaining of pains in his chest. When this newspaper visited him in hospital yesterday he was hooked up to a heart monitor and was communicating.
According to reports two men armed with handguns carried out the attack at the D’Urban and Lime Sts bar and shot the miners during a scuffle, before escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash on two Honda CG Motorcycles on Tuesday last around 9:00 pm.
The men underwent emergency surgery at the Georgetown Hospital, where they were rushed by a passing mini bus.
Recounting the attack to this newspaper, John had said that he and Xavier, whom he met in the interior, had travelled to the city on a shopping trip. He added that they bought all the items that they needed to take back to the interior and subsequently went for a drink at the bar, where the attack occurred.
“A bus pulled up and two men rushed out and started to shoot and I tried to duck…,” he said, adding that when the first bullet hit him, he did not fall. When the second bullet hit, John added, he fell and became unconscious.
He had explained that he usually travels to the city often to do shopping and this was the first occasion that he has been robbed. He speculated that he and Xavier were trailed during the day before the attack.
He added that when the police visited him in the hospital, they informed him that they had a man in custody.
Police, in a statement, did not disclose that a suspect had been held however John told Stabroek News that he was informed by a Police Officer who came to visit him that they have a suspect in custody.
