Latest update November 5th, 2024 1:00 AM
Cops release wounded man linked to Fuzzy’s General store murder
After linking him to the botched heist at Fuzzy’s General Store in which customer Heron Dennis was killed, police have released wounded robbery suspect Dwayne Simon from custody.
Heron Dennis
A police spokesperson told Kaieteur News yesterday that 29-year-old Simon has been released on station bail and that investigations are continuing.
There have been conflicting reports as to how Dennis and Simon were shot during the July 15 robbery attempt.
Police had stated that Simon was accidentally wounded when he and two other men held Dennis and two other customers at gunpoint in the Arapaima Street, Guyhoc Gardens store.
A police release had stated that Simon, of Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara, and two other men, one of whom had a firearm, held up Heron Dennis and two other customers in the store.
Police had stated that the customers retaliated and began throwing missiles at the perpetrators, whereupon the armed man began discharging rounds indiscriminately, shooting 36-year-old Dennis in the neck, while wounding Dwayne Simon in his back and right foot.
The release had stated that Simon’s accomplices managed to escape, while Simon was hospitalized under guard. But Kaieteur News understands that police also received reports that Dennis was accidentally shot when someone in the shop opened fire at the bandits.
The injured Simon had told Kaieteur News that he had gone to the shop to but a phone card and was shot by one of three men who were fleeing the scene.
Simon, an ex-soldier, was charged in December 2009 with armed robbery.
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