KINGSTON, Jamaica— A man has been charged after his attempts to rob a gas station attendant on Slipe Road in Kingston was botched by a security guard who opened gun fire, resulting in the would-be robber escaping on foot.

Charged with assault with intent to rob, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition and using a firearm to commit a felony is 23-year-old Oshane White, a labourer of Fourth Avenue in Vineyard Town, Kingston.

Reports from the Half-Way -Tree police are that about 5:11pm on Wednesday, June 14, White and another man on a motorcycle drove up to a gas station, where the labourer pointed a firearm at a worker and demanded money. She pulled away from both men and alerted the security guard, who responded by using his firearm.

Both men drove off in a bid to escape however, White along with his firearm fell, leaving him to escape on foot.

The police were summoned and one Smith and Wesson Springfield firearm with a magazine containing 12 cartridges was recovered.

He was consequently arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 5.

His court date is being arranged.