Source- Real News Antigua: An employee of Johnny’s Restaurant, located on Matthews Road in All Saints, was shot and injured during a robbery at the business place on Wednesday, March 20, at about 9 p.m., and the Police are on the manhunt for the alleged perpetrators.
Reports say that three bandits entered the restaurant held the owner and one of his employees at gunpoint and demanded money.
The three masked men – two wearing hoodies and one with a white t-shirt wrapped around his head – are said to be dark in complexion.
One is described as being about 6 feet in height, while the other two are about 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The robber wearing a grey hoodie was armed with a silver handgun, which he pointed at the proprietor and his employee.
He then ordered them to leave the restaurant while the tallest bandit, wearing a black hoodie, took the cash register containing an undisclosed sum of money.
The armed robber then took the gun and struck the employee to the back of his head before shooting him in the right knee.
Afterwards, the three assailants fled in a red Toyota Passo motorcar, license plate #R5033, with the robber masked by the white T-shirt as the driver.
The incident was immediately reported to the All Saints Police Station by the business owner.The injured employee was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by the co-owner of the restaurant. Reportedly, he is in stable condition.
Allegedly, the Police have retrieved a .25 calibre spent shell from the scene.
A search was carried out in the surrounding areas for anyone fitting the description of the assailants, but without success, and inquiries into this aggravated robbery are ongoing.
The Police are asking anyone with information to contact the All Saints Station at 460-1000 or the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913.
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