Tuschen pastor shot to head with pellets

Pastor Ram Singh points to the pellet holes in the wall and the damaged photo frame

A pastor was shot to his head with pellets after he courageously confronted a masked bandit who was holding his son at gunpoint at their Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home on Sunday evening.

Ram Singh was rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital while bleeding from the wound.

He recalled that he was in the kitchen around 9:30 pm when he heard his son, Timothy, 25,  who was closing the gate, saying “oh mi God” and he went to see what had happened.

The bandit, who was about six feet tall and dressed in black,