Shootout at Grand Bazaar

TWO Securicor security guards yesterday shot their way out of a suspected robbery attempt on the Grand Bazaar Mall compound, police sources said. Police reports are that around 2.30pm, three Securicor security officers went to the Grand Bazaar to collect money on behalf of the Island Club Casino. The white Securicor security van stopped at the bottom of some steps, leading to the entrance of the Island Club Casino.  Two of the security officers came out, while one remained in the security van. Police said a short while after, a white vehicle, in which there were two male occupants, came from a westernly direction on the Grand Bazaar compound. One of the men came out of the car and ordered the two Securicor guards not to move. Police said the armed man fired  shots. The two Securicor officers took cover and returned fire while the bandit fled into the car from which he came. They then made good their escape.

No money was stolen, and no one was injured in the shootout, but a customer’s blue Suzuki Baleno was struck three times, in the back windscreen, the left indicator and the left back glass window. A report was made and a party of officers headed by Sgt Don Lezama and including PCs Anthony Remy and Yearwood of the St Joseph Criminal Investigations Department visited the scene and condiucted investigations. At the scene yesterday, a male worker said the Securicor guards had come to make a “normal pick-up” when the shooting occurred.