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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Friday night Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys shot and seriously injured Police Corporal Mark George, who is now said to be in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital on life support. According to the police, at about 11:15 on Friday night, a police mobile patrol unit observed a heavily tinted vehicle parked in Georgetown. The patrol reportedly stopped and ranks approached the vehicle to conduct checks. As the officers directed the then unknown driver to turn on the lights and wind down the windows, a verbal exchange ensued. The police claim that the driver subsequently discharged several rounds at the officers, hitting Corporal George in his abdomen. According to a police statement, the officers returned fire, striking the vehicle, but the driver escaped. The driver, who later showed up at the main Brickdam Police station to report the incident, turned out to be Magistrate Gilhuys, a former high ranking police officer.
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