A 19-year-old electrician died yesterday morning shortly after he was shot and robbed of a gold chain after leaving his Festival City, Georgetown home.
Dead is Joshua Denny called ‘Lion’ of Lot 2109 Nutmeg Street, Festival City, North Ruimveldt.
Denny was shot twice, including in his chest, during the robbery which took place around 6.30 am on Mittelholzer Street, Festival City.
He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he died during emergency surgery.
Police are on the hunt for two suspects. Up to press time, no arrest had been made.
Denny was robbed of a gold chain he was wearing which is worth $170,000. His cellular phone and wallet were found in his pants pocket.
Reports reaching Stabroek News revealed that Denny left home around 6 am for work. A resident of the area told the police that he was at home when he heard two loud explosions. Upon looking through his window, the man said he saw Denny standing on the road, shouting that he had been shot. The man further told the police that he saw a male running from the scene and jumping onto a waiting motorcycle.
At the home of the dead man yesterday, family members were in shock.
Felicia Denny, one of the dead man’s sisters, told Stabroek News that they were leaving home together for work. However, she said Joshua turned back and went to use the washroom. Felicia said Joshua told her he was running late and he had to meet his employer.
“….He did hurrying up because the boss man did calling he. He seh he got to go reach he (boss) by Plaza Bridge. I seh boy go long, you can’t be late for work every day,” Felicia said.
She said shortly after, a resident of the area informed her that Joshua had been shot and robbed. “A Rasta man from over deh come and seh yuh brother just get rob and shot. By time I run around the corner, I see me brother on the ground,” she added
Felicia said she accompanied Joshua to the hospital. “I is the person who carry he to the hospital in the bus…All he saying is they rob he and shoot he and he nah go mek it. Dah is all he keep saying,” Felicia cried.
Another sister, Trissana Denny said that a woman who was walking on the road at the time of the incident told the family that the bandits were walking towards her but she ran.
“She just say that she see them ride up to him (Denny) on the bike and that they threw him on the ground and they take his chain. Like they did trying to take his phone out the pocket and he hold onto the pocket. Probably that’s why they shot him,” Trissana said.
She said she last saw Joshua on Wednesday night when she visited his home to drop off her children before work. “This morning (yesterday), I was getting ready and my cell phone was upstairs and they called the landline and said Joshua got robbed and shot,” she said.
Trissana added that she rushed to the hospital and upon arrival, she saw Joshua who was bleeding profusely.
“When I go there, they said his heart had stopped but they resuscitate him and bought him back. Then they come out back again and said his heart stopped again and if they try within five minutes and he don’t come back, that’s it,” Trissana explained.
“He was bleeding a whole lot,” she said.
The family is calling for justice. They said Joshua had no problems with anyone. “…Every minute somebody dead in some robbery and what the authorities doing? Nothing. They ain’t doing nothing,” a relative cried.
Joshua recently celebrated his 19th birthday and was expecting his first child. He was pursuing studies at the Government Technical Institute and was also an active football player. He was the only son of four children in his family.
