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Apr 04, 2013 News
By Romila Boodram
In what is believed to be an execution attempt, a gunman yesterday opened fire on an ex-policeman at a City’s barbershop leaving him in a critical condition and another nursing a single gunshot wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Up to press time, the ex-policeman, Nandram Persaud, aka “Coolie Gangster,” 34, of Lot 78 La Grange, West Bank Demerara was listed as critical. According to sources, he was shot about seven times in his chest, neck and feet.
The second victim, a barber, Kintia Gobin, 30, of Lot 94 Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown was shot to his right thigh. His condition was listed as stable.
According to reports, around 17:00 hours yesterday, two men pulled up on a CG motorcycle at “Professional Cuts” Barber shop located at Lot 3 Railway Street, Kitty, Georgetown. One of the gunmen entered the barbershop and opened fire on the ex-cop. It is believed that the barber was hit by a stray bullet.
At the hospital yesterday, while the duo was seeking medical attention, Anand Persaud, a neighbour who assisted them to the hospital said that he was in his kitchen garden when he heard gunshots.
“I run to the front and they (curious passersby) told me that there was a shooting in there (barber shop) so I go inside and I see him (Persaud) in a pool of blood and the barber tell me ‘Oww father, please help me’. So I help to put him (ex-cop) in the car and Kintia drive to the hospital,” the neighbour said.
The injured Persaud’s family was very tight-lipped last night. His mother arrived at the hospital in tears and had to be consoled by other relatives.
Meanwhile, Gobin who was waiting to do an X-tray said everything happened so fast, he could barely remember what transpired.
“Persaud is a regular customer; I was cutting his hair and I hear the door pushed and when I turned, is sheer bullets firing so all I could have done was pull aside and turn my face and when they left I see Persaud lying on the chair with bullet holes and blood all over,” a terrified Gobin recalled.
He said at that time, he thought that Persaud was already dead given the number of gunshots he took. “I can’t say what happened; I don’t have any enemies. These two men just came, one stay on the bike and the other one came in, stand there and start shooting and then walked out.”
Last evening, the once lively street could be compared to a ghost town. There was not a single person on the street, while all doors were tightly locked.
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