A suspected bandit was shot dead and two others captured after a shootout with police at Kastev Housing Scheme, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, which was being staked out by the lawmen after a tip off about a planned robbery.
Up to late last evening, police had surrounded a burial ground in the community, where a fourth man, believed to be armed, was suspected to be hiding after eluding ranks for most of the day.
The dead man was identified as Kirk Bacchus of Paradise, East Coast Demerara and Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News that