Former army officer gunned down outside nightclub

Denzil Mingo

A former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer died yesterday morning after being riddled with bullets minutes after he stepped out of a popular nightclub on Main Street in Georgetown.

The sound of gunfire caused several people exiting the nightclub to dive for cover.

A police press release issued yesterday afternoon said two men with firearms opened fire on Mingo, Joseph Barker and Earlson Murray while they were in a motor vehicle.

“Denzil Mingo was hit several times about the body and was pronounced DOA at the GPHC, while Joseph Barker was struck about the body and has been admitted to hospital,”