Gun bandits on robbing spree wound 16-yr-old

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Gunshots rang out as bandits on a spree wounded a 16-year-old boy in his left thigh while robbing him at Freeman Street, East La Penitence last night.

Roy Stanton of Freeman Street was undergoing treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital up to press time for the wound.

Reports are at just around 10:30 pm Stanton and two friends were chatting outside their homes when a man on a bicycle pointed to them and rode off.

The man was followed by three others, all on bicycles and the three quickly disembarked and proceeded to rob the three youngsters……


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