Gya: Former police officer on a rampage

A former Policeman went on a shooting spree in the compound of the Brickdam Police Station just after midday, yesterday leaving two of his former colleagues dead and wounding another two.

Brandishing a handgun wrested from one of his victims, Solomon Elijah Blackman, formerly of the Tactical Service Unit (TSU) of the Guyana Police Force, went on a rampage at the Brickdam Police Station....

Dead are Assistant Superintendent of Police Richard Griffith and Lance Corporal Ramnarine Lachana. Corporal Clifton Nelson is currently under care in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Hospital.

Two Constables, Kester Cosbert, the first person to be shot by the assailant, and Royston Paddy, who was injured while jumping through a window in a bid to escape the onslaug