Michael Woolford, the school guard who was shot in the eye on Wednesday, remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and doctors have told his family that there is nothing they can do for him.
Woolford, 68, of Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, was shot while at the Cummings Lodge Secondary School when shots were fired nearby at two men engaged in an altercation.
Woolford’s left eye was removed as a result, while the bullet is still lodged in his head.
Speaking with Stabroek News yesterday at the hospital, distressed relatives of the injured man said he is in an unconscious state.
They added that doctors informed them yesterday that there was nothing more they can do for Woolford.
Although he was scheduled to undergo surgery yesterday to remove the bullet, they were unable to proceed due to his poor health.
Nevertheless, the family is still hoping that a “miracle” would see the elderly man surviving.
The police, in a statement on the shooting, had said two men, one of whom was armed with a cutlass, were involved in an altercation at Industry Crown Dam, East Coast Demerara around 9pm on Wednesday when a driver subsequently stopped, exited his vehicle and discharged several rounds in their direction. One of the rounds struck Woolford, who was on duty nearby at the school.
The two men involved in the altercation, Vincent Williams, 35, and Doodnauth, 53, both of Industry Crown Dam, were treated at the GPH. The shooter, meanwhile, fled.
