– man says he deflected bullet to chest
A 25-year-old Stabroek Market vendor is under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand after he was shot during a confrontation with police in the Stabroek Market area yesterday.
According to the police, Andre Allicock, a beverage vendor of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara was wounded around lunchtime yesterday during a scuffle with two armed ranks on foot who attempted to arrest him after he was found with a quantity of marijuana in his possession.
When Stabroek News spoke to Allicock at the hospital yesterday, he related that he was sitting in a chair close to a Digicel outlet in front of Stabroek Market when he noticed three policemen in dark blue uniform approaching.
He confessed that at the time he was “rolling a joint”, which he concealed after the officers ordered him not to move. The man said he “did not want no police story” so he attempted to escape but fell a short distance away from the stall.
He said that after surrendering himself to the police, one of the officers approached him and attempted to shoot him in his chest. The man said he pushed the officer’s firearm, which was pointed in his direction, with his left hand and was shot in the palm of his left hand instead. He was then arrested and taken into custody at the Brickdam Police station shortly after the incident.
The bullet was still lodged in the man’s hand when he spoke to this newspaper yesterday afternoon.
well, if u caan beat dem jine dem.
Light up de dutchie and pass it pan de leff haan side and when everybady draw pass it back to the right haan side so dem pan de right haan side could draw.
Better watch out youth, they say that stuff is getting stronger and stronger.
what on earth are these policemen thinking..
Me Grannie use to smoke Black Tobacco.And she use to chew it and spit out the juice.Sometimes she use to fall asleep,when she smoking.One time me tek a draw,me cough so till me eye run water.Nowadays is modern stuff,and when Police shooting people because he smoking,how come they know what he was smoking.Dem nah only Police,they must be Analyst too.Officers next time you see people smoking,please do not take away their cigarettes and shoot them.The man admitted he was smoking whatever it was,but there is no justification for shooting him.Mr Green please take note.
dem man mekin shor ,, he doan roll anadah spliff fuh a lang time ,, is like de wild west weh dem bad man gunslingah ,, doan kiil ,, just shoot up yuh gun haan an leff yuh ,, “big nose” karl malden ,, duh dah to marlon brando in “one eyed jack” ! one of marlon’s best ! what an actor…..
cheryl your blogs are insensitive and it required to be corrected.So i agreeded with MRS:Murray
My reply wasn’t to Mrs Murray.
Was he arrested by cops from the “Joint” Service?
The reason why he was shot in his palm was beacuse he was trying to grab the policeman’s gun!
He was probably under orders to stand still with a gun pointed at him.
He was most likely high and thought he was SUPERMAN and can catch a speeding bullet.
It’s funny how these uneducated think that weed can mek yuh head run off, and all kinds of miracle. They think you smoke and all at a sudden you’re hanging with alice in wonderland or something. Where are these people, their passion, and dem bullet when real crime a pass?