Shaquille Grant was shot in head, chest and buttocks – autopsy

Shaquille Grant, the 17-year-old who was killed during a police operation in Agricola earlier this week, was shot three times, a post-mortem examination (PME) conducted yesterday morning revealed.

Alliance For Change Chairman and attorney Nigel Hughes, who witnessed the PME at the Georgetown Public Hospital morgue, told Stabroek News that Grant was shot in the head, below the heart and in the buttocks. The two other wounds visible on the young man’s body, he said, are exit wounds.

Grant, of Lot 72 ‘BB’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara was fatally shot some time after 11 am on Tuesday at Third Street, Agricola, where Romel Bollers, 19, was also shot. The police force said that ranks opened fire after