Security guard in hospital after gunmen shot him in the leg
Kaieteur News – A security guard is now hospitalized at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot to the right hip by two unidentified men on Monday, in the vicinity of the GR Taxi Service. Trevor Hooper of Tucville Terrace, Georgetown, is currently in stable condition at the hospital.
Kaieteur News learned that Hooper was hanging out with a friend at a store on Stone Avenue, Campbellville, when they were attacked sometime around 18:30 o’clock.
An eyewitness, who knows Hooper and his friend, said they would often visit the store in the afternoons, before leaving to go to their respective homes.
The same eyewitness told Kaieteur News that he was in his kitchen cooking, when he heard two shooting guns coming from outside his house. Shortly after hearing this, the man told him to peep through his window and see Hooper lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
Hooper’s friend was unharmed of all the suffering. According to the man, individuals from the area who witnessed what happened were heard saying the suspects pulled up on a motorcycle, fired shots and then made an escape. An ambulance was summoned to the scene, and took the injured man to GPHC. Up to press time, no official police report has been released, but Kaieteur News understands that an investigation is under way.