A Melanie Damishana shopkeeper has lost a kidney after being shot by a bandit yesterday, the third attack on him in a year.
According to a police press release, Lebert Thomas, 50, of Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, was parking his car in his yard when he was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun. He was shot to his abdomen and the men escaped. Thomas was then rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted. He is now in the Intensive Care Unit.
“I was inside when it happen and I hear the explosive sound but I thought it was a squib on the road,” Thomas’ mother explained to
