(Kaieteur News) – A security guard was shot but successfully thwarted an armed robbery at a Superbet outlet on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, early Sunday after engaging two gunmen in a dramatic exchange of gunfire that forced the suspects to flee, abandoning both their getaway motorcycle and their robbery plan.

Reports are that the bandits attacked early Sunday. The shootout between the security officer and the bandits was caught on CCTV footage.

Footage showed the bandits pulling up on a motorcycle. The pillion rider got off pulled out a gun, cranked it and began robbing a few patrons at the establishment.