A mason died last night minutes after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot in Plaisance.
Dead is Akeem Yorrick, 23, a mason of Lot 78 Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
According to reports reaching this newspaper, Yorrick was shot once to his abdomen around 9:15 pm yesterday. Although the circumstances surrounding the incident remain sketchy up to press time last evening, reports revealed that Yorrick was shot while he was returning home from visiting his girlfriend. At the time, he was passing the shooter’s home. The home had been surrounded by a few others who had allegedly been robbed by the shooter on Sunday. The shooter then fired apparently to disperse those who had gathered causing one bullet to hit Akeem to his abdomen.
According to Frank Yorrick, father of the dead man, he was at a wake house last evening when he received a called informing him that Akeem was shot. The man said he immediately informed other relatives who were present at the wake house and they rushed to the hospital where they learnt that he had died.
Chaos broke out at the hospital last night as family members and friends of the deceased entered in large number as they received the tragic news, some wailing loudly. One of Akeem’s brothers, was weeping uncontrollably while he rolled on the grounds of the hospital.
His mother, who was in and out of consciousness was heard saying, “not my baby, this can’t be true, ow my Akeem you gone and I just talk to you.”
The woman who operates a shop in the Plaisance area said that she had just closed business for the day and left Akeem minutes before sitting outside with a friend and upon her arrival she heard he was shot. “My sons them don’t get in no trouble, as big as they be they never get in any police story” were some of the words the grieving mother was heard wailing.
Other relatives and friends of the dead man were heard expressing their anger at the response of the police. According to one man, they called the police patrol from Sparendaam and they did not turn up. “If the police did respond to our call all this could have been avoided”, the angry man said.
