Tain woman shot dead in kick down the door attack

A 45-year-old domestic worker was last night shot and killed in her Tain, Corentyne home by a bandit.

Dead is Leilawattie Mohamed of 149 Tain Settlement, Corentyne who was killed shortly after 11 last night.

Initial reports say that two men, one armed with a shot gun, kicked down the woman’s door and rushed into the home where she was with her two children ages 21 and 18,

They placed the woman to lie on the ground and her two children to kneel and demanded money. When the woman said she had no money she was shot in the face and later died. The men then rushed out of the home and fired a warning shot before scaling the fence.

They escaped empty-handed

Police are investigating.