A 15-year-old bandit was shot dead yesterday by a shopkeeper when he and two accomplices staged a barefaced daylight robbery at Fourth Street,Cheap Jerseys Free, Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara.Dead: Leon McCurdyThe teenager, whose name was given as Leon McCurdy and whose last address was La Penitence, was shot dead in the upper flat of the house owned by businessman Eon Evans. The bandit had been deserted by his accomplices.The police in a press release stated that about 13:30 hours yesterday, three men, two armed with handguns and the other with a pair of scissors, entered the grocery and liquor store of businessman Eon Evans at Paradise Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.The men held up Eon Evans’s son and took away an undisclosed amount of cash.While one of the men remained with the son, the two others went upstairs where they held up Eon Evans and his wifeThe woman was subsequently tied up and placed in a bedroom, while the perpetrators took away Eon Evans’s jewellery.The police said that as the men were leaving Eon Evans, who is a licenced firearm holder, engaged them during which one of them was shot and killed while the other two managed to escape.The exchange of gunshots aroused residents of the usually quiet community and many of them peered out of their windows. Some even left their homes and converged on the scene, even as the gunmen were desperately trying to make their way out of the village.When this newspaper arrived on the scene about an hour after the incident, the teen’s body was still lying in front of Evan’s backdoor of the upper flat of the building. The shop is housed on the lower flat.The home and business where 15 year old Leon McCurdy met his death.The businessman gave reporters a much more detailed account of what transpired.He said he was asleep upstairs with his wife and baby when he heard the sound of his bedroom door opening. “By the time I jump up, a guy already had a gun to my face and he say,NFL Jerseys China, ‘Whey de gun? Whey de gun?’”The bandits’ approach convinced the businessman that the men were quite aware of how to get into his house and that he carried a firearm.McCurdy, who was armed with a pair of scissors, was one of the two bandits that had entered the businessman’s bedroom.Evans said that he raised his hands to surrender, exposing his gold band to the bandits who promptly took it off and demanded money.The businessman said that he told the bandits that the money was downstairs and offered to take them there to hand it over.The bandit with the gun covered him and forced him downstairs while the young McCurdy was left with the businessman’s wife upstairs in the bedroom.According to Evans, when he got downstairs he saw another gunman aiming a gun at his 17 year old son who was manning the shop at the time.“He say ‘Shoot de youth’ and I say, ‘Man don’t shoot, just check in the box and see where de money deh’,” Evans related.The two bandits grabbed all the cash in the box and headed out of the shop,Cheap China Jerseys, leaving McCurdy behind.Evans said that he remembered that his wife was still upstairs with one of the bandits, so he hurried back up to see if she was okay.He saw the young bandit holding his wife hostage with a pair of scissors. The woman’s hands were already taped together.He turned to the young bandit and said, “Man wha you doing up here still? You ain’t see dem man done gone?”Evans said that during a confrontation with McCurdy he managed to grab his gun and discharged a few rounds at him hitting him about his body.Scores of residents flocked the scene of the crime to get a glimpse of the dead bandit’s body as it was being taken away by undertakers.He then ran to his backdoor where he could have seen the wounded bandit’s accomplices running away and he discharged a few rounds at them also, but they returned fire and made good their escape.A neighbour told Kaieteur News that he was standing on the road with another man when he saw the three youths coming into the village but he paid them no mind since they did not arouse any suspicions.It was the other man who seconds later alerted him that the three youths were scaling Evans’ fence instead of going through the open gate.“Right away I say is robbery and I grab me cutlass and say leh we go, but me partner say ‘No,Cheap Jerseys From China, suppose dem men gat gun’ and I back off,” the neighbor said.He however shouted to Evans to alert him about what was taking place.“Within two to three minutes I hear shots ring out and when I look, I see two ah dem jump over back over de fence,wholesale soccer jerseys,” the neighbour told this newspaper.He said that knowing that he had earlier seen three men enter Evans’s yard and only two emerge,

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Chairman of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce,Cheap Jerseys USA, John Macedo has responded to the issue of Venezuelan vehicles in Region Nine.The response followed the publication of an article “Customs officials seize Venezuelan-registered vehicles from Lethem businessmen,” which appeared in Wednesday’s edition of Kaieteur News.Macedo alleges that all of the vehicles mentioned in the Kaieteur News article were “not in use, that they were all parked awaiting the completion of the draft policy by Customs to determine whether they can remain here or be returned.”In a letter sent to various media houses, Macedo said that over the past few decades, persons living in the Rupununi had found it necessary to have Brazilian and Venezuelan vehicles, since the trail, linking Region Nine to Georgetown, had become so bad.Macedo contends that approximately three years ago, when these foreign vehicles became popular, he approached the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for guidance.In the letter, Macedo said that the GRA had said “there was no problem in having the vehicles in Lethem, but not in Georgetown.” This information was passed on to Lethem residents, said Macedo.Last year, Macedo said that the GRA seized a number of vehicles in Lethem. Concerning these seized vehicles, various representations were made, and the GRA indicated that a policy would be drafted on the way forward.According to Macedo, the GRA said that “the draft has been completed and is being looked at.”He made it clear that the vehicles mentioned in the Kaieteur News article were not the only Brazilian and Venezuelan vehicles in Lethem. He said the Kaieteur News correspondent, Brian Sam, who furnished the information for the article in question, owns one of these vehicles, which he uses for passenger services, “even picking up in front of the Police Station.”Kaieteur News correspondent, Brian Sam, in front of his Brazilian registered car. Macedo also cited an example of GRA officer, Julian George, who also drives one of these vehicles around.Nothing is being done by the relevant authorities concerning these other vehicles, he said.The GRA is aware of these vehicles,NFL Jerseys Outlet, and Macedo maintains that he even handed GRA Officer, Boodnauth Basdeo the keys for the silver/grey,China Jerseys Wholesale, double cab Toyota Hilux, which was discovered near to his ranch. He added that he also showed Basdeo how to use the vehicle.Additionally, the Toyota Land Cruiser which was discovered in the yard of the Regional Chairman of Region Nine, Clarindo Lucas,Wholesale Jerseys China, said Macedo, was in Lucas’s front yard, in plain sight. He added that the officer-in-charge of the Lethem Police Station lives next door to Lucas, and could see the vehicle.The Toyota Prado, which was mentioned in the article,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, was also reportedly in plain sight.Macedo sought to clear his name, especially since in the Kaieteur News article it was said that Macedo was arrested in Georgetown, on January 17, for another vehicle which entered Guyana illegally.In his letter,NFL Jerseys From China, Macedo said that he was given permission by the Commissioner of Customs to take the vehicle to Georgetown for 14 days. He said that it was not the first time such permission had been given to him, and other residents of Lethem, to travel to Georgetown with a foreign registered vehicle.

The two suspects who were held recently in connection with the brutal murder of the three crew members of the Island Princess were yesterday released on station bail.The men,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, a chicken farmer and a popular Parika businessman,Cheap Jerseys Online, were arrested Monday night after their names surfaced during the investigations.The men were placed on $100,000 station bail and told to report to the station daily.A senior police officer had told this newspaper that the Parika businessman was held because he owns a boat.The other suspect, according to the police source,Wholesale Jerseys 2020, is the brother-in-law of the boat owner Errol Charles.The source said that after the Island Princess left Parika, a crewmember allegedly made contact with the owner’s brother-in-law.The same suspect’s older brother is also wanted in connection with the murders. The source further explained that the suspect, who is believed to be hiding in neigbhouring Venezuela, is wanted in Guyana for a series of murders.Last week, a popular funeral parlour owner,Wholesale Jerseys USA, his brother and an employee were detained in connection with the murders. They were subsequently released on $100,000 station bail.The bodies of the boat captain Titus Buckley Naccimento, 46; and 25-year-old engineer, Mahendra Singh, were found at Zeelandia,China Jerseys, Wakenaam and on the Hamburg Island seashore respectively.The third body, which was identified as 23-year-old Ryan Chin,Wholesale Jerseys China, was found near the Queenstown Essequibo foreshore. All the bodies were degutted and bore bullet wounds.Still missing is 46-year-old Rickford Bannister. The deserted Island Princess was found two weeks ago off the coast of Grenada.Police officials who boarded the vessel found a quantity of fuel, a radio set and an aluminum lifeboat. They also found navigational equipment on board the vessel. The vessel was also reportedly repainted.The owner of the boat, Errol Charles, had recently put up a $5M reward for the recovery of the boat.According to reports the crewmembers had taken the vessel on a trial run to test its seaworthiness for a planned trip to Trinidad. It later turned out that they had gone to uplift a shipment of illegal fuel in the Essequibo.