GWI employee gunned down in Sophia

Marvin Cumbermack

By Desilon Daniels

 

A North East La Penitence man was last night killed in a robbery, the very day he returned to Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) after a week of sick leave.

Dead is Marvin Cumbermack, 29, of 190 North East La Penitence who was shot several times as he made his way home on motorbike from the GWI Sophia Water Treatment Plant.

According to reports, at around 9 pm Cumbermack left work and was making his way to his girlfriend’s Sophia home when he was intercepted by a man on a bicycle. The man, it is said, demanded that Cumbermack surrender his motorcycle CF1816. However, Cumbermack put up a fight and was subsequently shot around five times.

“I was home when I heard the shots,” one resident relayed. “A bunch of people came out to help; one man even come out with a pitchfork.”

According to the woman, the bandit had left the scene so calmly that