Police in Linden are investigating a robbery that was allegedly executed by an ambulance driver attached to the Linden Hospital Complex. He is currently under police guard at the Linden Hospital Complex, nursing a gun shot wound to his upper left thigh.
A Police Release related that the robbery occurred in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Fair’s Rust, South Mackenzie.
Two suspects entered the home of a 48 year- old labourer and his 21-year-old relative. They were asleep when they heard knocking sounds on the door. The younger victim went to see what was transpiring when he was confronted by two suspects; one armed with a gun and the other with a crow bar.
They then ransacked the house and carted off $114 in cash and two cell phones.
After securing the items, they took the victims outside and the suspect with the gun, discharged a round in the air before escaping on foot.
Minutes later, an individual fitting the description of one of the suspects, turned up at the Linden Hospital Complex with a gunshot wound to his upper thigh. He was identified as an ambulance driver. Police recovered a hand gun and two live rounds at his residence. They also discovered and a 9mm spent shell and one war head at the scene of the robbery. No other arrest was made. Investigations are ongoing.
