Phone company technician shot, relieved of motorcycle by armed men

A 23-year-old Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company (GTT) technician was shot once during a robbery on Saturday night by two men armed with a handgun at Congress Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on Jonathan Baker, 23, a technician at GTT and of Lot 3178 Congress Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Baker was relieved of a black CR motorcycle valued at $500,000, bearing registration number CL 9585.

According to a police report, the incident occurred at about 22:30 hrs when the two men drove up to Baker on a black XR motorcycle, registration number unknown. One of them was armed with a black handgun.