Selwyn Shepard

Selwyn Shepard

Lad shot after robbery dies

Armed bandits robbed Saywacks last year; wife traumatised

The 18-year-old lad, who police shot on Sunday morning in Agricola, following a robbery at Middleton Street and Campbell Avenue, Campbellville succumbed yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital ; Corporation (GPHC).

Dead is Selwyn Shepherd of 86 Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

In a press release following the incident the police had stated that a resident of Campbellville was at his home about 1050 hrs watching cricket when three armed men entered his home and robbed him. Acting upon information received, including a description of the suspects, a police mobile patrol from ‘A’ Division, Georgetown proceeded to the Agricola home of Shepherd in search of him.