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Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were last night fighting to save the life of a young man who had been shot in the face by an unknown gunman.

According to reports, Marlon Britton of Public Road, Plaisance was at his girlfriend’s house when the incident occurred around 9.30 pm.

The distraught girlfriend related at the hospital last night that she had gone inside the house and left Britton sitting on the steps outside. He was alone.

Soon after, another young woman who was in the house happened to look outside and saw a man pointing a gun at Britton’s head.

She shouted out, alerting the girlfriend and others but by the time they ran outside a gunshot was heard and the man was making good his escape.

They realized that Britton had been shot in the face and rushed him to the hospital. His condition was listed as critical last night.

No one saw the shooter’s face or could say if he acted alone. No one could say if Britton had problems with anyone.

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  1. Biswattie Ramsawak 174.113.121.253 not found says:

    Another “unknown” gunman on the loose in Guyana. This is the kind of vigilanteism that the PPP has fostered due to their lack of law and order.

    • zainno CANADA says:

      You are becomming redundant now with this PPP thing.

    • i agree with you biswattie, just like the vigilante that shot the chain snatcher the other day, it will escalate let’s just watch and see.

    • clive UNITED STATES says:

      Biswattie, you need to put a sock in it and stop your daily rambling. With all the emission you are spewing, no wonder our
      planet is in danger of “Global Warming”. Elections in Guyana,
      is not far away, you need to mass your troops and Vote the PPP
      out of office and lets see if the AFC, PNC etc etc can stop
      what is happening in Guyana. Talk is cheap.

    • Burnham Ball CANADA says:

      how can you prove that this was vigilanteism?Make some sense when you are attacking the PPP.

    • Plaisance Red Ants UNITED STATES says:

      They will allways attack you for speaking the truth, because it hurts. Ignore the BR, continue to do what you are doing.

  2. Justice UNITED STATES says:

    very strange

  3. BORAPORK CANADA says:

    Sounds like a setup.

  4. de 3 lb conundrum !!... UNITED STATES says:

    this “gunman” is unknown to u ,, not to the victim ,, u need to be reined in lest we all endup looking like u ….. stupidy !….

  5. FATTER SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS says:

    YES JUSTICE I TOTALLY AGREED WITH YOU THIS IS VERY STRANGE.HOW IS IT THAT THE OTHER WOMAN SAW THE MAN POINTING THE GUN AND SHE COULD NOT RECOGNISE HIS FACE? WERE THE MAN WEARING A MASKED? SOMETHING DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT HERE. I HOPE THE GUY PULL THROUGH AND THE PERPETRATOR BE FOUND. HE ALSO NEEDS TO BE VERY CAREFUL CAUSE THIS STORY IN STRAIGHT.

  6. The shooters are always unknown in these cases.

  7. malaika06 BAHAMAS says:

    This man is now dead according to KN

  8. Yolanda UNITED STATES says:

    R.I.P Marlon u will be missed and to Father he died after 12 this morning

  9. Teri UNITED STATES says:

    BR sure has something against the PPP, thank God its not the US, causing her to be so bitter

  10. SKY UNITED STATES says:

    RIP. Biswattie is correct. This is a nightmare situation in Guyana growing worse. We cannot continue to support these unknown gunmen no matter how justified we think their action might be.



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