Armed robbery accused shot dead by cops

Randy Morris, a suspect in numerous armed robberies, was yesterday shot dead following a daring gunpoint attempted robbery in Regent Street and a dramatic chase through several streets. But the quick police work that led to his capture and that of his accomplice was heavily criticized by eyewitnesses who said was Morris was riddled with bullets as he pleaded for his life.

Up to press time last evening, the accomplice who has been identified as Troyan Moore, 28, of D’Urban Street and who is also known to the police, was in custody assisting police with their investigations into the robbery.

Hospital sources said the accomplice, who had a wound on his face, arrived at the hospital in the company of heavily armed policemen. He was later escorted from the medical institution by the