Chaos erupted at Stabroek Market in Georgetown on Wednesday after a 16-year-old boy, accused of being a bandit, was fatally shot by a plainclothes policeman.
The youth, who has been identified as 16-year-old Sydel Bourne, of Agricola, East Bank Demerara, was accused by the lawman of attempting to rob his wife. While the shooter has told the police that the teen robbed his wife, some witnesses claimed that he was merely accused of attempting to do so before being shot in the back.
Bourne was shot just about 14:20 hrs in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market clock.