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Three shot in fracas outside night spot
– man held with unlicensed gun
Three men were shot yesterday during an early morning fracas outside the New Court Yard nightclub, and police later detained a driver with an unlicensed gun. He was taking one of the wounded to hospital.
Police said that Erasto Roberts, 30, of Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, was shot in the stomach; Joseph Medford, 45, was shot in the left knee and Jamal Douglas, 22, of Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, was shot in the foot.
The scene of the shooting
Roberts was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, while Medford and Douglas were treated and sent away.
Police subsequently detained a South Ruimveldt resident who had taken Roberts to the GPHC after an unlicensed Taurus pistol, with six matching rounds, was allegedly found under a seat in his car.
They also visited the home of a suspect in the shooting but failed to locate him.
Police also recovered two 9mm rounds on the scene.
An eyewitness told Kaieteur News that two men were arguing inside the New Court Yard and the nightclub security asked one of them to leave. According to the eyewitness, the other man also exited the nightclub and gunshots erupted shortly after.
One of the bullet casings was recovered
Speaking to Kaieteur News after undergoing surgery, a grimacing Erasto Roberts alleged that friends of his were involved in the fracas that led to him being shot.
Kaieteur News understands that a police patrol visited the scene after receiving reports that two men were shooting at each other. When they arrived, Joseph Medford, who was shot in the leg, was still there. They transported him to the hospital.
Commenting on the incident, an official at the New Court Yard said that firearms are not allowed on the premises. He explained that persons with licensed firearms have to lodge the weapons with security personnel.
He said that the management was trying its utmost to ensure that the nightclub was a place of respectability.
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