Cops seek ‘person of interest’ in gold miner’s execution

Feb 06, 2013 News

Police are said to be seeking an individual believed to be one of the gunmen who killed gold miner Jason Wills in a Meadowbrook Gardens house last Thursday.
Police officials confirmed that they are looking for “a person of interest” but declined to divulge any details about the suspect’s identity or what has caused them to focus on this individual.
Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell had told Kaieteur News that investigators were “working on some leads” and were hoping to effect arrests.
All reports indicate that two gunmen, armed with a pistol and an assault rifle, executed the 33-year-old Wills after scaling the fence surrounding the premises and entering through the front door, which the occupants had left open.
The victim reportedly sustained about seven gunshot injuries. A post mortem is likely to be performed today.
Sources have suggested that the killers had Wills under surveillance for some time. The Mahdia gold miner had often stayed at the premises, which is occupied by a close friend and the friend’s mother-in-law.
Kaieteur News understands that the Pine Grove Street, Meadowbrook residence has a security alarm connected to one service, but it is unclear whether the alarm is functioning. There is also another sign from a second security firm on the premises.
The two occupants have told police that they were all watching television last Thursday night but that they (the friend and his mother-in-law) went into the kitchen some 30 seconds before the gunmen barged in.
Kaieteur News understands that the woman who was in the house said she heard Wills shout “Oh God, don’t do duh, don’t do duh…” before gunfire erupted in the living room.
Both reportedly denied seeing the gunmen enter or leave.
Police had detained the woman and her son-in-law briefly while attempting to ascertain whether they were in collusion with the killers. Investigators had seemed to be particularly concerned that the residents had left the front door open and that they had both left
Wills in the living room just before the killers struck. But the occupants had reportedly told police that they had left the front door open because the air conditioning unit had malfunctioned.

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