A gunman was fatally shot, while two of his accomplices were captured yesterday morning after their brazen attempt to rob the Republic Bank branch on Water Street, Georgetown, turned into a hair-raising shootout with guards and the police.
The attack was carried out around 7.35 am by the now deceased Elton Wray, also known as `Peas’, 25, of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and accomplices Jamal Haynes, 24, of Norton Street, Georgetown, said to be an employee of the bank, and Keron Saunders, who were armed and masked