A twenty-four-year-old robbery suspect who escaped from the police on Monday during a shooting incident was yesterday morning captured by police at the Woodlands Hospital where he had gone to seek medical attention for a gunshot wound he had sustained during the incident.
The suspect has been identified as William DeAbreu who according to a police release was wanted in connection with a number of robberies committed between Mahaica and Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara.
Acting on information received, at about 1am yesterday, police visited Woodlands Hospital where they spotted DeAbreu in the company of two individuals. The suspect had already received treatment for a gunshot wound to his left leg. Police commander of regional division 4 ‘C’, Senior Superintendent Mahendra Siwnarine said that the two persons with DeAbreu had taken the suspect for medical attention. The two along with DeAbreu were apprehended.
