A teenaged boy was shot dead yesterday afternoon during a robbery in Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The police have not yet confirmed the identity of the dead boy but relatives of 15-year-old Leon McCurdy, of Kitty, say they have been told that he is the one who was shot. Several of McCurdy’s relatives turned up at the Lyken Funeral Home to identify the body yesterday afternoon but were told that they could not do so without the permission and presence of the police.
According to reports, three teenaged boys descended upon a shop run from the bottom flat of a house situated at 851 Fourth Street, Dazzell Housing Scheme. The youth, believed to be McCurdy, was shot dead by the homeowner
