A fourteen-year-old girl was shot in her left thumb on Monday and a Norton Street man is in custody.
The police say that at about 2.40 pm on Monday, Doctor Singh, who is attached to the Kitty Health Centre called and reported to the Kitty Police Station that a 14-year-old female patient was being treated for a suspected gunshot wound to her left thumb.
As a result of the report, Police ranks were dispatched to the Kitty Health Centre and, on arrival, the ranks met and interviewed a 14-year-old female student from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. She was at the time in the company of a 15-year-old friend who is a student from Houston Secondary School, and the suspect, Leon Garraway, a 21-year-old ‘Delivery Man’ who is from Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.
In the presence of her guardian, the 14-year-old student stated that on 2023-11-25, at about 11 pm, she was with a female friend who resides with Garraway, at the Norton Street address when she observed him playing with a firearm.
The teen said she heard a loud explosion that sounded like a gunshot, and she felt a burning sensation in her left thumb, which started to bleed. She said Garraway then went to his backyard, where he hid the firearm among some concrete blocks. They then went to the Kitty Health Centre, to seek medical attention.
As a result, Garraway was arrested and based on information provided by the injured teenager, a team of police ranks in the company of Garraway went to his address at Lot 69 Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, where a search was conducted in the backyard. The ranks found a black plastic bag hidden among some hollow blocks, which contained a suspected .32 pistol (serial number filed off) with one live round of ammunition.
Garraway was asked if he was the holder of a firearm licence, and he answered in the negative. He was told of the offence committed and under caution, he replied by saying his friend “Anthony” gave him the gun.
Garraway was escorted to the East La Penitence Police Station along with the firearm where, in his presence, the said firearm and ammunition were marked, placed into a gun evidence box, sealed, and lodged to be taken to the ballistics section for examination.
Investigations continue.
