A bandit was shot and killed, while his accomplice was injured by a licensed firearm holder during an attempted robbery at a bar in D’Abadie on Wednesday 09th August, 2023.
• The deceased was identified as 18-year-old Kerdell Wint of Samman Drive, Red Hill, D’Abadie, while the injured suspect who is also from Samman Drive remains unidentified.
• Around 9:10pm, The FUL holder along with other persons were at Leela’s Bar at the Corner of Dhanpat Lane and Piarco Old Road, when both men approached.
• The armed suspects announced a robbery and the FUL holder pulled out his firearm and shot at both men.
• Wint died at the scene while his accomplice was taken to the hospital where he was treated and remains warded.
A similar incident took place on Saturday 29th July, 2023 when 25-year-old Marc Anthony Joseph was killed by a woman who armed herself with her husband’s licensed firearm during an alleged attempted home invasion in Soogrim Trace, Endeavour, Chaguanas.