Latest update February 10th, 2025 2:25 PM
Agricola man blamed for Shaquille Grant’s death flees home
— accused said to be related to police rank who responded to robbery report
An Agricola minibus operator has gone into hiding after being accused of summoning the police ranks who shot and killed 17-year-old Shaquille Grant last Tuesday.
The torched car.
The man is the owner of the car which was torched on Wednesday night in Caesar Street, Agricola, allegedly by the same individuals who also burnt tyres that night on the Agricola Public Road. Kaieteur News understands that the man’s home was broken into on Saturday night and that his belongings were stolen.
A source said that even some of the man’s relatives are furious at him. “Even his family is against him,” a resident said.
It is unclear what evidence, if any, residents have that the bus operator is the individual who summoned the police. However, Kaieteur News understands that he is related to one of the policemen who responded to reports that Grant and his associates were planning a robbery.
The home in which the man lives is also reportedly occupied by other families who are terrified that they too will be targeted.
Police sources confirmed that the minibus operator had called the Ruimveldt Police Station on Wednesday night to inform them that his car had been torched. However, Kaieteur News understands that police ranks were ordered not to enter Agricola, since it was suspected that the report was a ruse to lure them into the community.
Grant, 17, was shot dead and Romel Bovell, 20, wounded during a confrontation with police in Caesar Street, Agricola, last Tuesday. Three others were arrested. Police have alleged that they were responding to reports that the youths were planning a robbery when they were shot at. The police said that they returned fire, killing Grant and wounding Bovell.
However, persons claiming to be eyewitnesses have alleged that Grant was shot dead as he lay on the ground.
A post mortem revealed that Grant was shot in the forehead, buttocks and heart.
Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell has since met with relatives at his office in Eve Leary.
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