A 50-year-old shopkeeper was left in a critical condition Sunday, after being shot outside his Melanie, East Coast Demerara business place, allegedly by a bandit who was trying to steal his car. Nursing a gunshot wound to his abdomen and listed as critical is father of five Lebert Thomas, of Lot 125 Cummings Street, Buxton. At press time, he was still attached to a life support machine in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Hospital sources said that the bullet entered Thomas’s abdomen and exited his back, damaging some of his organs. Kaieteur News understands that the robber was trying to make off with Thomas’ vehicle and opened fire when the shopkeeper did not comply. Jennifer Griffith, Thomas’ fiancée, told Kaieteur News that Thomas was outside of his shop, known as ‘Frontline Shop’, located at Lot 326 Melanie Cinema road, East Coast Demerara when the bandit attacked him..”(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]