The Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating a recent incident where a bystander was shot and injured.
Injured is Cassell Nurse, a 27-year-old businessman of La Penitence, Georgetown. He was shot on September 14 at about 01:50 hrs.
Police Headquarters said that an Anti-Crime Patrol, led by a Gazetted Officer and other ranks, was on patrol duty when they received information that two men riding motorcycles around the Bourda Market area were acting suspiciously.
The information prompted a response from the patrol ranks.
The ranks reportedly confronted the two motorcyclists, and when the men saw the ranks, they fled down Robb Street with the ranks in pursuit.
One of them drew a firearm and discharged several rounds in the direction of the ranks, while one of the ranks drew his service pistol and fired several rounds at the shooter.
During the exchange of gunfire, the businessman, who was standing next to his motorcar parked outside a nightclub, was shot in the right foot.
He was taken to Georgetown Public Hospital for medical treatment, and his condition is regarded as stable.
Is the OPR investigating this because the victim is the son of a Magistrate ? Reported elsewhere in the press.
The GPF don’t seem to investigate promptly other cases of lesser known individuals of stature.