Yohance Yarris who was shot by police on Thursday afternoon remains hospitalised in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The 22-year-old man who police say was wanted over a series of armed robberies, was shot on Thursday afternoon at Rasville, Georgetown.
Police say that Yarris, known as ‘Too Cute’, an unemployed resident of Rasville, was shot by ranks after they came under fire. Yarris was shot in the chest and is presently a patient at the GPH under police guard.
Yarris was wanted by the police for: 1) robbery under arms, committed on Shane Stuart, which occurred on February 8, at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown; 2) robbery under arms committed on Yong Jin, which occurred on January 25, at Lot 64 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown; 3) robbery under arms committed on Martin Pestano, which occurred on February 15, at 41 Village, West Coast Berbice; and larceny committed on Adrian Ally which occurred on February 19, at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.
According to a police press release, at around 14.45 hours on Thursday, ranks were on mobile patrol duty in Rasville when they saw the wanted man in a yard. On seeing the ranks, Yarris ran, and in the process, took out a handgun from a bag he had around his neck.
A police rank immediately exited the patrol vehicle and began to pursue Yarris when he heard a loud explosion suspected to be a gunshot coming from Yarris’s direction. The rank, after realising that he was under fire, discharged a round in the direction of the suspect who jumped a fence and continued to run. He then fell to the ground on a street in Rasville.
