A suspect in a robbery who was under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday managed to escape despite being shot at several times.
The escapee has been identified as 19-year-old Edgar Blackman of Tucville who was admitted to the institution on November 26 with injuries to the head. He had allegedly robbed a woman in Sophia and was caught by residents and badly beaten.
Persons at the hospital recalled that around 3.45 pm the man was seen running out of the Male Surgical Ward which is located a short distance away from the High Dependency Unity (HDU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Children’s ward, with a uniformed policeman in hot pursuit.
