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Jun 17, 2013 News
Horseplay turned bloody yesterday after a Special Constable attached to the Tactical Services Unit, Eve Leary was shot by a colleague who was reportedly playing around with his gun.
Christopher Albert, 22, originally of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, is currently hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing a gunshot wound to his lower abdomen.
According to reports, Albert’s colleague was about to be dispatched for work at the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)’s office when the incident occurred.
Albert said that while in the barrack room, a Constable identified as Hope, approached him saying, “I’s the bad man with 38″.
He said that the Constable took the .38 revolver, loaded it with one bullet, spun the barrel and clicked the gun. “He put it straight to me and he pull.” However the weapon did not go off.
The rank then reloaded the weapon this time with four rounds and fired the shot.
“For me, it wasn’t an accident. He was playing, not me, because I ain’t had no gun,” Albert informed this newspaper from his hospital bed.
The injured man said that immediately after he was shot, the ranks that were present at the scene transported him to the hospital.
According to reports from doctors, Albert has gone through the worst but he will be closely monitored. He is expected to be discharged soon. According to his parents, as it was Father’s Day, Albert had called just minutes before he was shot to inform them that he will be going home after work to visit. They are adamant about bringing his assailant to justice. Meanwhile, the Constable who fired the shot is reportedly under close arrest while investigations into incident are ongoing.
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