-were in car without licence plates
Two men, who police trailed into the Guyhoc Park area, were injured during an exchange of gunfire which they allegedly initiated.
Trevor Belle, 31, of Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust was wounded to his lower back while Courtney Higgins, 22, of Henry Street suffered a wound to his left foot. Both men are patients in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and are under police guard.
In a press statement police said that at about 3.45 am today, following information received, “ranks of a mobile police patrol in the University of Guyana Access Road area encountered a suspicious-looking motor car without number plates.”
Police, the release said, trailed the motor car through Sophia and into the Guyhoc Park area. They subsequently came under fire from persons in the vehicle and returned fire. During the exchange of gunfire, police said, “an object was observed being thrown out of the motor car and into the nearby canal.”
The motor car subsequently stopped and the injured two men were discovered inside. The black Toyota AT 170 motor car is in police custody.
