About 2000h last night, the police say that Raphael Armstrong called “Scar”, 32 years, of Friendship, EBD, who was armed with an unlicensed firearm, and another man entered the home of a shop-keeper at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway and confronted him and his son in an attempted robbery during which a scuffle ensued between the shop-keeper and Armstrong.
During this, the police say that the firearm fell to the ground and was retrieved by the shop-keeper who then shot Armstrong to his body, while his accomplice fled.
Raphael Armstrong was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, EBD.
The unlicensed firearm has been handed over to the police who are conducting investigations.
