Suspected bandit shot dead by businessman

The crime scene along the McDoom Public Road was cordoned off, disrupting traffic as a result.

A suspected bandit was fatally shot by a businessman during an attempted robbery along the McDoom Public Road yesterday afternoon, while his alleged accomplice, who managed to escape after ditching their motorbike, is now wanted by police.

The dead man has been identified as Gary Koster, 38, a resident of Norton Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

A Guyana Police Force statement on the fatal shooting said Koster was one of two men on a motorcycle who attacked businessman Darmindra Dean, of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara and the owner of D&D Supermarket and Bar at Annai, Region Nine.