An off-duty policeman was shot and injured yesterday after a rank’s gun accidently fired off during a scuffle with two men accused of thieving.
Police Constable Nathaniel Giddings was shot and injured to his left shoulder after a round was accidently discharged by an armed policeman. The shooting occurred at Greenheart Street, Linden. Investigations have revealed that two police ranks, one of whom was armed with a revolver were trying to arrest two suspects in a larceny, the police said in a press release.
Giddings was nursing his wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital when Stabroek News spoke to him.
He said that he was entering the Mackenzie Sports Club at the same time a corporal was arresting two persons.
“As I walking, going into the ground, the corporal had a gun in he hand and at the time, he de scuffling with two people, and the shot come out and hit me in ma left shoulder and went straight through and come out,” Giddings said.
The man pointed out that he was left on the ground for at least two minutes before he was rendered assistance by the ranks.
