Pest co. director succumbs after bar shooting

Mohammed Baksh

Director of Pest Control Plus Mohammed Baksh was last night shot by two gunmen, in an attack on Thomas Street, Georgetown and succumbed this morning, police said.

Baksh and three friends were at a restaurant on Thomas Street, between Quamina and Church streets, when he came under fire around 11:15 pm.

Baksh, who was shot three times—twice to the head and once in one of his arms—was rushed to the nearby Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was admitted.