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Ex-cop among two held for Cultural Centre shooting

Jun 11, 2012 News

 

 

An ex-policeman is among two persons in custody as police continue to investigate Friday night’s shooting and stabbing incident at the National Cultural Centre.
Kaieteur News understands that the former policeman was detained several hours after the attack that left army boxer Mark Pierre, 31, of Albouys Street, Albouystown, with stab wounds.  former football player, Oriley Small and Stabroek Market businessman, Lawrence Wayne with gunshot wounds.
It is unclear why investigators have detained the former policeman.
Police yesterday said that they are looking for other suspects in connection with the incident. This newspaper was told that the incident was probably sparked by an ongoing feud between Small and one of the suspects in custody. In terms of the stabbing the police have said that the victim Mark Pierre knows his attacker and has given details about the person.
His condition is said to be critical while he remains a patient in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Pierre’s sister, Roberta Walcott, on Saturday told Kaieteur News that information about the incident is sketchy. According to Walcott, her brother while at the football match, followed a friend to the toilet. The woman said she was told that Pierre got into an argument with some boys who were standing at the toilet and that they stabbed him.
According to relatives Small was shot in the mouth, neck and shoulder.  His mother, Petal Small, had told Kaieteur News that she was informed that he was standing with some friends at a football match when the incident happened.  He was rushed to the Woodlands Hospital where doctors immediately prepared him for surgery.
Two of the three bullets were removed. Stabroek Market businessman, Lawrence Wayne, was also shot twice. According to reports he was standing with Oriley Small when he was shot. He is presently a patient at the Balwant Singh Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit.
Shondell Benn, 30, of Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, was shot in her left arm. She was treated and sent away.

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