Seventy-year-old electrician, Raymond Knipe, who was hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot on August 3rd at Lot 47 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, succumbed to his injuries last Friday at 14:15 hrs, a statement from the Guyana Police Force said.
According to the police, Knipe parked his motor bus BNN 9253 in his yard, and observed that a man dressed in all black, with a hoodie over his head, had followed him. Knipe told the police that the man pointed a gun at him and began to squeeze the trigger, but the gun did not fire.
The police statement related that the victim ran to the back of his house, with the suspect giving chase. As Knipe attempted to open the grill door to his apartment, the police said the suspect discharged several rounds in Knipe’s direction, hitting him.
The suspect then exited the yard, entered a car bearing registration number PAB 8252, and drove off in an easterly direction towards Mandela Avenue, the release stated.
The victim was picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the GPH, where he was admitted nursing two gunshot wounds. He was listed in stable condition. The scene was processed, and investigators had recovered three 9mm spent shells. Efforts to locate the suspect and the car have so far been unsuccessful, the release said.
