Bandits kill bread vendor during robbery
A father of two was on Friday evening shot dead by two motorcycle bandits at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, after which they escaped with an undisclosed sum of money.
Dead is 42-year-old Andre Alexander of Lot 394 Section 4, C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
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He was reportedly shot once to the chest and succumbed while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Reports received revealed that the now dead man and his wife were in the shop when the two men approached on a motorcycle and requested three loaves of bread.
The pillion rider took out a $5000 bill to pay and while Alexander was in the process of making change, he whipped out a gun and demanded cash. Upon seeing this, the man’s wife, Beverly Alexander ran towards their home which is a stone’s throw away and raised an alarm.
However, her husband refused to cooperate and the suspect grabbed the money he had in his hand and discharged several rounds in the process. One of the bullets reportedly struck the bread vendor to the chest.
Upon realising that the man was shot, the two young men escaped on the motorcycle. At the home of the dead man, his wife was too distraught to speak to this publication but her brother-in-law, Olton Brotherson, explained that he spoke to his now dead brother 15 minutes before to the shooting incident.
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