A 33-year-old ice-cream vendor of Canal #2, WBD was on Sunday shot and robbed by two men on motorcycle at ‘D’ Field Sophia (Red Road), while selling ice-cream.
A police press release said that the victim was driving and selling ice-cream in a red ice-cream truck (GSS 7271) in the company of Surujpaul Dhanpaul, 53-years-old, of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara. While in ‘D’ Field, Sophia, they stopped to sell ice-cream to a customer when they were confronted by the perpetrators who arrived on an XR motorcycle.
Both men were ordered out of the truck and told to lie on the road. As the victims did so, the armed perpetrator discharged a round at one, hitting him in his left upper thigh. The driver was relieved of $10,000 in cash and a Samsung Galaxy cell phone valued $25,000. Both perpetrators then returned to the motorcycle, and while escaping south along the street, discharged another round in the air.
The victim was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where his condition was listed as stable. Police recovered a spent 9mm shell at the scene. Several persons were questioned, but no useful information was received.
