Youth, 17, shot in abdomen

Jun 21, 2013 News

Doctors were late last night performing emergency surgery on a 17-year-old boy who was shot in the abdomen at around 20:00 hrs yesterday, allegedly during a confrontation with police in Sussex Street, Albouystown. Sources identified him as Quinn Neblett of Lot Three Sussex Street. The teen’s left hand was also reportedly broken.
Kaieteur News understands that a police rank was also treated for a slight gash on one of his hands.
Neblett’s mother told Kaieteur News that she had sent him to purchase bread at around 18:30 hrs. She said that someone later told her that her son had been shot, but gave her no details about what had transpired.
This publication was told that Neblett and two young women had joined a taxi shortly before 20:00 hrs near the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). They reportedly indicated that they were heading for Albouystown. However, when the taxi was in the vicinity of Church Street, police ranks on a mobile patrol stopped the car and ordered Neblett to step out. He was reportedly then taken away by the police.
Shortly after, ranks brought the wounded youth to the GPHC.