Police are searching for one of two bandits who allegedly stole a music set and a cellphone amounting to $170,000 from a house at Samatta Point, Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara on Thursday night.
A statement from Police Headquarters noted that the owner of the house, Dion Thompson, 55, a chef, was at home between 21:00 hrs and 04:30 hrs when the incident occurred.
The Police said the woman secured the two-storey concrete building before retiring to bed on Thursday. She was later awakened by a sound coming from inside the upper flat of the house.
Upon making checks, she saw the two suspects, without face masks and she shouted “Thief…Thief!’
The suspects identified as Patrick McRae, 22, and Antwan Sampson, 19, both from of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, escaped through an opened window with the music set (four speaker boxes) and remote control system valued at $100,000 along with her Samsung cellphone valued at $70,000.
Police ranks who were on patrol nearby saw the two suspects with the music set/system escaping on foot. They were in the process of approaching the two suspects, when one of them discharged several rounds towards the Police.
The ranks returned fire, which resulted in McRae being shot. He was apprehended but Sampson managed to escape.
The music box, the control system along with the victim’s Samsung cellphone were recovered.
McRae was escorted to Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was admitted as a patient with a gunshot injury to his shoulder.
He was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The Police said both suspects were previously charged and convicted of larceny, and they were recently released from prison. The Police are searching for the other suspect and the spent shells were also recovered from the scene.
