GEORGETOWN — A French Canadian man who officials believe had ties to organized crime, died Friday from injuries sustained two weeks ago during a shooting, police said.
Guyana police spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker said Jean-Claude Le Blanc, 62, "succumbed to his injuries" after being shot October 15 in the restaurant of the Guyana Motor Racing Sports Club.
The Montreal resident fell into a coma just hours after giving police a statement about the shooting.
Investigators said Le Blanc was gunned down at the restaurant around the same time as the fatal shooting of suspected Guyanese drug kingpin Ricardo Rodrigues, 42, in what appears to have been a drug deal gone bad.
Guyana's Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud told AFP he was told by Canadian authorities that Le Blanc is known to have ties to organized crime.