A Fairfield, Essequibo Coast contractor, who was live streamed shooting at people and allegedly injuring them has been arrested and the police have seized his licensed firearms.
Police Commander of Regional Division 2 Khemraj Shivbaran said that Fawaz Bacchus, 40, was taken into custody following the incident which occurred on Wednesday around 14:00 hrs and resulted in four people sustaining injuries.
According to reports, contractor Satroham Maraj, 37; his brother Jadonauth Maraj, 34, who is a rice farmer; their father Roopchand Maraj, 63, who is also a contractor, and Rajkumarie Ragoobar, 33, were at Fairfield, Essequibo Coast on a dam which runs in an east to west direction.
Satrohan Maraj claimed that at the time of the incident, he was operating one of his excavators in an effort to move a front-end loader when Bacchus exited the loader armed with a handgun and discharged several rounds in his direction and at the others.
Satrohan Maraj sustained a gunshot wound to his right hand and Ragoobar was shot to her right thigh. Jadonauth and Roopchand also sustained injuries. They were escorted to the Suddie Public Hospital, where they were medically examined by Dr Doobay, treated and sent away.
At the scene, the police said, ASP John and a party of policemen recovered four spent shells and one warhead.
Bacchus was contacted, police said and a .32 Taurus pistol, along with three live matching rounds was found in his possession. Later that same afternoon, Bacchus was escorted from the Aurora Police Station back to his home at Fairfield by Commander Shivbaran and a party of policemen, who searched his home. A Red Jacket .223 semi-automatic rifle with 32 live matching rounds and two magazines, along with an Escort 12-gauge shotgun, three live 12-gauge cartridges and one empty casing, were found inside his home, police said.
They added that further investigations revealed that Bacchus was licensed to carry all of the abovementioned firearms.
Police seized the weapons and Bacchus remains in custody as investigations continue.
