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Same gun used in cop, gold miner’s executions – police
Ballistic tests by the police have revealed that the same high-powered rifle was used in the killings of Police Corporal Romein Cleto and gold miner Jason Wills.
Romein Cleto
Cleto was gunned down on April 27 at the busy Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic junction, while Wills, 33, met his death in a house at Meadowbrook on January 31, last.
With this new revelation, the police have slightly narrowed down their investigations into two high-profile execution murders.
It also points to the fact that Cleto was killed by seasoned hit men.
Police Public Relations Officer Ivelaw Whittaker confirmed yesterday that 7.62mm spent shells recovered at both scenes matched.
The 7.62mm ammunition is used in the AK-47 and M-70 assault rifles.
The police had charged one Shaka Chase with Cleto’s murder only to have the charges withdrawn by the Director of Public Prosecutions three days later.
They were also attempting to institute murder charges in relations to the same incident on ‘Reagan’ Rodrigues, called ‘Grey Boy’.
Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud was recently quoted in a section of the media saying that the case against Shaka Chase for the murder of Corporal Cleto looked clear-cut.
“It looked clear-cut so we went ahead and charged,” he stated.
The big question now is – are the police now treating both Rodrigues and Chase as suspects in the Wills execution?
Earlier this month, Persaud had assured that the investigation of the execution style killing of Jason Wills is still active.
At that time there was no new development in the case that had seen the police detaining
Jason Wills
several persons including two who were in the Pine Grove, Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown house, at the time when Wills was riddled with a hail of bullets.
Those arrested have been released and there have been no further arrests in connection with the matter.
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