Guard shot during attempted E.C Vieira payroll robbery

The Baretta pistol with the live rounds and the spent shell that were recovered

A guard was shot yesterday during an attempt by a bandit to steal the payroll for E.C. Vieira Investment.

The attack, which occurred at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, left Lionel Nixon hospitalised up to last evening. However, due to the quick action of his colleague, who fired at their assailant, the bandit fled without the payroll and his gun.

A Guyana Police Force statement said that the attack occurred around 1.50pm when the guards were