Suspected airport robber wounded, others on the run after police shootout

A man, suspected to be part of a crew that was trailing travellers from the airport into the city, was shot on Wednesday night after they were confronted by police.

Shawn Thom, 37, of National Avenue, South Ruimveldt Park, is now a patient under guard at     the Georgetown Public Hospital. Police yesterday said they are still searching for his suspected accomplices, who are believed to have also been shot during the confrontation.

According to a police statement, at around 11pm police ranks confronted the occupants of a vehicle along Barr Street, Kitty after a rank, who had picked up his relatives from the airport,