A 36-year-old suspect in the murder of well-known Guyhoc Park mechanic Reginald Atherly was shot during efforts to arrest him on Sunday evening.
Marlon Badley, called ‘Maley,’ of East La Penitence, Georgetown and Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, was shot once in his leg.
He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where he was treated, and he is presently in police custody.
Police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan yesterday confirmed the shooting, which occurred around 9 pm on Sunday.
The police, in a statement, said Badley was walking on Cornhill Street towards a Route 31 minibus when a party of policemen, who were on patrol duty at Stabroek Market Square in force vehicle PWW 5418, noticed him.
