The female passenger who was in the car with the deputy head of CANU when he was mercilessly executed on Saturday morning suffered three gunshot wounds but none was life threatening and she was treated at a private institution.
Vibert Inniss, who was second in command of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) was gunned down early Saturday morning, seconds after he stopped to purchase newspapers at Buxton, East Coast Demerara.
Stabroek News understands that the female, who is a close friend of Inniss, received the wounds after the men opened fire but managed to escape without any further injuries.
Inniss was said to have left his Melanie Damishana home sometime after 6 am and was in his car, PHH 6436, parked in front of the newspaper vendor's shop when he met his demise.
Meanwhile, some of Inniss' colleagues have vowed to avenge his death and said that they would go after his killers with "full force."
"We are going out there and we will get them," a colleague of the slain law enforcement officer told Stabroek News yesterday.
He said that they were all shocked at Inniss' death and could not say why he was targeted but according to him it is CANU's business to find out.
It is expected that a post-mortem will be performed on the man's body today after which funeral arrangements will be made.
On August 8 gunmen sprayed CANU's Homestretch Avenue head office with bullets, before lobbing two grenades into the compound. The building and several vehicles were damaged but no one was injured and CANU was mum over the incident and what it thought the motive was. Police have not apprehended anyone for that assault but according to information investigations are continuing.
Inniss joined CANU from its inception in 1995 and is the tenth law enforcement officer to be gunned down since February 23 when five of Guyana's most dangerous prisoners escaped.
Prison Officer Troy Williams was killed on that date and eight policemen have been murdered since.