Shoot-out between gunmen and Joint Services near prison

One man is in a critical condition at Georgetown Public Hospital after receiving multiple gunshot wounds during a confrontation between police and armed men last night. Police up to press time were still looking for two additional gunmen along George Street, Leopold Street and Bent Street.

Stabroek News understands that Devon ‘Silk’ Maclean of Diamond Housing Scheme was a member of a trio of bandits whose vehicle they were in collided with another at the corner of Bent Street and George Street, following which shots were fired. Police officers who were in the vicinity because of the unrest at the Camp Street Prison responded and additional shots were fired by both police and bandits.

At one point later in the evening police were said to have cornered two men in an abandoned building but