Update: Drive by shooting/robbery

Georgetown : The police just confirmed that businessman Cecil Albert Gajadhar, 71 years, of Foulis, East Coast Demerara, and Victor Da Silva of Covent Gardens, East Bank Demerara, were in a motor vehicle on their way to a city bank, when two men in another motor vehicle blocked their path in the vicinity of Water and Cowan Streets, Kingston.

The two men exited the vehicle and began discharging rounds at Cecil Gajadhar, who was struck to his forehead, and Victor Da Silva, who was hit to his chest. The armed men took away $8M and escaped.

Cecil Gajadhar managed to drive the vehicle to Robb Street, from where he was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital for medical treatment. Victor Da Silva succumbed to his injury.