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Albouystown taxi driver gunned down outside home
– was eyewitness to cousin’s murder in same street
by Michael Jordan
An Albouystown taxi driver was gunned down around 02:00 hrs yesterday in the same street where he saw
Dead: Renie Williams
his cousin murdered three years ago.
Renie Williams, 25, of Lot 138 King Edward Street, Albouystown, was shot twice in the back by a lone, black-clothed man armed with a 9mm pistol as he sat in his car outside his home with his wife.
He died shortly after at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Williams’s wife, Shondeen Walters, who was sitting next to him, escaped unhurt.
Eyewitnesses said that the killer fled on foot.
Residents said that while they heard the gunshots, no one looked outside until they heard Williams’s wife screaming. All the residents were reportedly indoors since it was late and raining at the time.
Williams’s relatives say they suspect that the killer was waiting for him to arrive. They suggested that the gunman may have been lurking in a nearby passageway where residents found a strange cap and several cigarette butts.
Police recovered two spent 9mm shells at the scene and a 9mm warhead from Williams’ taxi.
Police are said to be following leads that suggest that the killing is linked to a prolonged vendetta between Williams’s family and another family from the same community.
Williams, a former policeman who was seconded to the Tactical Services Unit, was a witness to the murder of his cousin, Marvin Boston, who was stabbed to death in the same street in October 2009, allegedly while coming to Williams’s aid.
Williams himself was injured during the brawl. One man has been charged with Boston’s murder while another was charged for assaulting Williams.
Eyewitnesses are still giving evidence in the matter, which has reportedly reached the High Court.
A source said that detectives have questioned members of the family with whom Williams had a dispute. They have also taken statements from them.
Kaieteur News was told that Williams, who was employed with Starlight Taxi Service, was gunned down minutes after he returned home with his wife.
The slain man’s wife, Shondeen Walters, who celebrated her twentieth birthday on Sunday, told Kaieteur News that they had attended the Linden Town Week celebrations. Her husband had then dropped off some friends and the couple then went to the seawalls before heading home around 02:00 hrs yesterday.
Williams’s cousin, Marvin Boston
Williams, she said, parked his car outside their home and wound the windows up. At the same time, she stretched over to the back seat to pick up some items from the car floor. It was then that a gunshot shattered one of the back windows. She was sprayed with broken glass.
She then heard a second gunshot and saw someone dressed in black fleeing on foot.
Ms. Walters said that on rising up, she saw her husband slumped and “shaking” in his seat.
“He was going into shock; he was shaking and trying to say something. I was hollering and calling the neighbours but nobody was coming.”
Ms. Walters said that she then used her mobile phone to contact some of her relatives.
After that, she exited the vehicle and began screaming and banging on her neighbour’s doors.
Relatives, accompanied by the wounded man’s wife, drove in the same taxi to the GPHC.
Kaieteur News was told that some 20 minutes later, a doctor examined Williams and informed his family that he was dead.
The slain man’s relatives insist that he had no dispute with anyone. A sister who spoke with Kaieteur News said that Williams had “locked up a lot of people” while he was in the force. He reportedly left the police force some three years ago.
The family has been embroiled in a prolonged dispute with another Albouystown family.
It is alleged that on October 24, 2009, two brothers, Cordell and Carl Bennett, stormed the family’s home at 138 King Edward Street, Albouystown, to challenge Renie Williams to a fight. Williams’ cousin, 24-year-old Marvin Boston, was stabbed multiple times allegedly while going to Williams’s aid.
He succumbed at the GPHC.
The Bennett brothers were subsequently detained.
Carl Bennett, of 148 Cooper Street, Albouystown, was subsequently charged with murder.
His brother, Cordell Bennett, of James Street, Albouystown, who had allegedly assaulted Renie Williams, was charged with assault causing bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty.
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