A Friendship man, who had pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine to the US in 2014, was shot dead with his own illegal weapon on Sunday night after he and an accomplice broke into the home of a Yarrowkabra, Linden-Soesdyke Highway shopkeeper and attempted to rob him.
He has been identified as Raphael Armstrong called “Scar”, 32, of Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD). His accomplice managed to escape and remained on the run up to late yesterday afternoon.
The shopkeeper, Gary Mohar, who was the target of the attempted robbery, was unharmed.
The incident occurred around 20:00 hrs on Sunday at the businessman’s Lot 343 Yarrowkabra home, where he also has his business.
The Guyana Police Force, in a statement,