Man fatally shot by police during armed confrontation in Amelia’s Ward

A 26-year-old man was fatally shot by police late Monday night during an armed confrontation at his home in Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

Dead is Shamar Prince, an unemployed resident of Wall Street, Amelia’s Ward, who was being sought in connection with an armed robbery committed earlier that day on a Chinese businessman.

Police said that at approximately 23:45 hrs on Monday, ranks on mobile patrol duty acted on information and went to Prince’s residence — the lower flat of a two-storey concrete house. Prince lived there with his 22-year-old girlfriend, Whitney Brazilio, a cook.

According to reports, Brazilio opened the western door and spoke with the ranks, but moments later, Prince emerged from the north-western back door and discharged rounds at one of the officers, forcing him to take cover.

Prince then ran out of the apartment and continued firing at the police. The ranks returned fire, striking him. He fell to the ground at the side of the yard.

When the police approached, Prince was found lying on his back clad in a multi-coloured shirt and black denim pants. Next to his body, police recovered a .38 revolver with three live rounds and three spent shells, along with a box containing twenty-five .38 rounds of ammunition.

A black shoulder bag was also found strapped across his shoulder. It contained a national ID card bearing his name, a Blu cellphone, $1,040 Guyana currency, a knife, and five grams of a whitish rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine.

Prince was placed in a police vehicle and rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex, where he died while receiving medical treatment.

Police observed five circular wounds on his body: one to the left side of the head, three to the left upper shoulder, and one to the right side of the chest.

All recovered items, including the firearm, ammunition, and suspected narcotics, were sealed and lodged to be sent for forensic examination. Prince’s body is currently at the Linden Hospital Complex Mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Police were, at the time, investigating a robbery under arms report involving 38-year-old Chinese businessman Long Xing of Mackenzie, Linden. The incident reportedly occurred on Monday and is among a series of recent armed robberies targeting Chinese business establishments in the area.