Three persons were hospitalised last evening after a drive-by shooting at a car wash at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Up to press time last night, the wounded persons, identified as Pooran Etwaroo, Ron Robinson and Tishana Persaud, were receiving emergency medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Police sources last night confirmed the shooting but could not provide any details of what occurred.
However, a relative of Etwaroo told Stabroek News that the shooting occurred between 7.30pm and 8pm, when a car pulled up at the “Bless Up” car wash, located at Hope West, Enmore, and the occupant/s opened fire indiscriminately.
According to the man, who did not want to be named, prior to the shooting, a friend, whom he identified as “Rastaman” and who is believed to be Robinson, arrived with female friends for his car to be washed.
He added that while the vehicle was being washed, Etwaroo was carrying chairs on the opposite side of the road for the women to sit. It was at this point, he said, that the vehicle, described as a silver Toyota Allion, rolled up and five to six shots were fired. The relative said as soon as the shooting ended, Robinson and his friends jumped into his car and they drove to the police station.
Etwaroo, on the other hand, ran home, where he collapsed. He was picked up and rushed to the hospital, while the others were taken to the hospital by the police.
