Bandit shot dead by police in Berbice

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Twenty – three – year old Delroy Cort of Manchester Village, Corentyne was shot dead on Wednesday, July 29 during a shootout with ranks of the Guyana Police Force.

According to a police report, at about 14:15 hrs, ranks of a mobile patrol were informed by a man and a woman that they were held up by two men armed with shotguns in the No. 61 Village Beach Area, Corentyne, and who took away their cash, jewellery and two cell phones.

The police responded and caught up with the men during which the ranks came under fire. The police returned fire fatally wounding Cort, while accomplice managed to escape.

An unlicensed 12 gauge shotgun along with 2 cartridges and the two stolen cell phones were recovered by the police.