A lone gunman shot and robbed a city businessman at Stabroek Market last night minutes after approaching him.
Troy De Mattos, 37, of Manchester, Corentyne, Berbice was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a gunshot injury to his chest. De Mattos was in his drinks stall at Stabroek Square when the incident occurred a little after 8 pm.
Rhonda Sutton, De Mattos’s niece, told Stabroek News last night at the hospital that she was a few inches away from her uncle operating her drinks stall when the gunshot rang out.
“I hear this thing go off and look over and see me uncle holding he chest,” Sutton related.
She said she went over to De Mattos and saw that he had already started to lose a fair amount of blood. She pointed to her blouse which was spattered with his blood.
According to her, a police patrol was passing at the time and responded to the calls for help. The police helped DeMattos into the vehicle and transported him and his niece to the hospital.
Sutton said she had no idea what had transpired between her uncle and the gunman, but her uncle told her that the man stole his chain. She said some persons at the market square said they saw the man approach her uncle and they exchanged brief words.
Shortly after De Mattos was rushed to the hospital another set of policemen arrived at the hospital to investigate the shooting.
Sutton said based on what she knows her uncle did not have problems with anyone. She said that he worked hard to keep his business going at the market.
De Mattos was conscious when he arrived at the hospital and when this newspaper left, doctors were tending to him.
i am sure this is a young man, the national service or some other organisation is needed to harness the natural energy (resources). of these young men/women.
gully wat happen to u
Let’s be frank , Guyana is a comfort zone for criminals . It is a source of illegal drugs , they are known Guyanese drugs lords being held in other countries . Domestic violence seems to be perpetrated on a regular basis . Murders & robberies are also taking place on a regular basis . Guyanese are fleeing their homeland because the available jobs are in criminal activities . Some of the criminals in Guyana are migrating to other countries and they are doing what they did in Guyana .
Gullyside,
Is “PUTIN” putting stuff in your head?
where are all the people that were commenting when that man shop the guy that was stole a chain from that woman, are they seeing what is going on. i dont know why you people alway defends these criminals. people who comment here i guess they are not in guyana and they do not have to face things like this. oh how easy it is for them to just sit back and make silly comments about defending criminals.Do you people ever stop to think about the victims of there crimes? sometimes wheni see the comments you people were making when gavin got shot , i wonder and i feel so sorry you people. i am looking forward to see the comments you will make here. spare the rod, spoil the child.i guess that those that are angry when these criminals get shot, are in the same trade.
hehehehe seems like cat has their tongue Jack.
To honest, i do agree with you .
Jack- What is your problem? I have read many bloggs on this site and yet to come across anyone defending criminals.
I have read speaking out against the way an suspect dealt with(shot in the back while fleeing). We have a court system use it. This is what a civilize nations do.
Jack you are also in another country commenting as well so put a sock in it, and for your info no one was defending the criminals, we were commenting on the way he was shot in his back while fleeing, and we don’t like vigalante justice.
Hey Guys:
I’m using this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Father’s Day.
Let’s be reconcilatory with each other for today.
Keep the acerbic, negative thoughts and comments to each other at a minimum, if not at all.
Enjoy your spouses/partners/children/families.
Enjoy, Enjoy.
Life is so short.
….is anyone surprised at this ,, M’Lord is 1 ahwe countyman ,,
and it hurts ,, but much more when it’s so close to home ,, i am not much of a praying man ,, however ,, there is hope for Troy’s survival !…
rohee u need to move aside ,, so that the job ure doin ,, can be done the way a crime fighter would !,,,,
What about bringing back Gajraj?
read an article in AP, jamaica seize 1000 guns a year all traced back to the US.
the rest of the world have to check, recheck and recheck so that no contra ban is ship to the US yet any thing can be shipped from the US to the rest of the world.
place the blame where it’s due and don’t blame these countries./or take it the other way round.
YOU JUST CAN”T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
Blood is always thicker than water.
what next you gonna want to bring back Rabbi Washington?
Enough with the past on to the future….
A Happy Father’s Day to those hard-working and dedicated DAD!!. This story is so sad. I am wondering where are the defenders of chain snatchers?
if dis snatcher was rubbed out by a passerby oh lawd all hell wuld bruck loose hey like de one dat was killed wen e snatched a woman’s chain off her neck..done tell yall aready dat even dese choke and rob criminals will turn killers if and wen confronted in order to defend their loot…as i recall some bloggers called it “petty crimes” no crimes are petty when you are thiefin from people and if confronted you will kill to defend your loot…
evil, SN staff wrote the story. how creditable is this story, every reporter will like to be recognised, however this is not the case because it’s fraud.
the victim is from another location get full details from the other source.
sn you can erase my blog but this can be publish on ‘topics’
we can discredit you news print.
ooh i forget cackeye imagine a police patrol was in the
area and did not respond on hearing a gun shot, the victim niece had to flag them down, nice govt. and police right cackeye…
Come on EE…stop exaggerating…the guy chain was stolen (per the article) not snatched…they had an exchange of words…and that tells me they knew each other. I don’t think shooting him was the way to go.
Troy, just trying to make a living selling his beverages. How can you progress in this country when crime of this magniude occurs. It’s a total decadence of society.
Happy father’s day to everyone.
Frog, This story is reminiscent of another serious one some time back. I recall back in the days when the opposition was very militant, that a Brother who was running a gas station (I think it was in Buxton) was gunned down, and the security camera was removed and handed to a lawyer. That Brother was trying to do an honest living and look at what was his faith. I have not seen much follow up on that story. Not sure why.
cops took him to the hospital, yet you reported another set of cops arrived later to investigate.
get real sn.
What a waste of cops’ resources! Ambulance?? or medical people?? should take him to the hospital.
HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL A ALLYUH FATHERS. AND TO THOSE WHO AINT FATHER YET, HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO BE, SOME TIME IN DAT FUTURE.
… hmmm ! ah wandah weh all de pope joans an jahnz dem deh !
looks like dem brass face tarnish !,,,,,,
if Troy die ,, den wah ??????????????????????????????????????????
god forbid !…..