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Mandela Shooting… Who was the Mandela Avenue shooter?

Jul 30, 2013 News

 
As investigations continue into Friday’s shooting on Mandela Avenue which left a West Ruimveldt man dead, questions are still unanswered as to who fired the fatal shot.
A source close to the investigation said that the minibus driver who is local singer is currently in police custody assisting with further investigations. However, when asked if the weapon used in the murder was recovered from the scene the source said that according to investigators a weapon was recovered but it is unclear who fired the fatal shot.
When asked about the description of the gun, the source declined to identify the weapon used.
The source added that the investigators are still trying to ascertain who was the shooter involved in Friday’s incident.
The questions still unanswered by the police are what was the officer doing in the motor car at the scene of the shooting? Why is it that he alone as a police was in the presence of five other men armed with cutlasses? What led the force to believe that the injured young man discharged a firearm and the whereabouts of the officer involved.
These questions when asked to a number of officials of the Guyana Police Force were all declined.
A source said that the police officer involved in the shooting is attached the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). It is unclear if the incident was of an undercover nature.
Meanwhile, another eyewitness who was in a car behind the vehicle which stopped the minibus on Mandela Avenue said that he heard the sound a man shouting ‘pull over’!
“He said ‘police’ and ordered the bus driver to pull over but the bus man try to drive away and people in the bus start shout and tell he pull over,” the eyewitness said.
He added that a few minutes later the car took a daring turn and overtook the vehicle; where after he heard three gun shots. “It was mass confusion people run in front of traffic all kinda thing to get away from the gunfire,” the man said.
He added that about four men armed with cutlasses quickly fled the scene while two men were on the ground; one of them, he said, was already dead.
An associate of the minibus driver told Kaieteur News that the now dead man had threatened to “dun he dance” earlier in the day of the shooting.
“I been in town the day and this youth man come up to Rasta man and tell he ah gun done yuh dance and the two had an argument,” the eyewitness said.
The eyewitness added that after the confrontation, the man then left the Stabroek Market area and fled in a motorcar. “I left shock because this man come up to Rasta man in a sudden rage so I asked him if he alright but he didn’t say nothing”, the man said.
He added that later in the afternoon, “Rasta man” was seen on his phone on a number of occasions. The associate said that based on reports he received, the two men had an altercation over a broken rear view mirror which was supposed to be repaired by the bus driver.
“I hear them man said he had an accident earlier in the day with the man and bruck off the man mirror and drive away so the men them come looking for he”, the eyewitness said.
On the other hand, a relative of Lloyd Britton who remains under close arrest in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital said that the 20 year-old is recovering well but still complains about pains in the wounded area of his body.
Kaieteur News understands that the police constable who was in the car alleged that a passenger in the front seat of the bus shot Fernandes and that he then shot the passenger, identified as Lloyd Britton.
However, Britton is alleging that he was unarmed when the rank shot him.
The shooting occurred shortly after a minor accident which involved the two vehicles.
According to reports, a police patrol had advised the men to report the accident. However, the owner of the car, accompanied by Fernandes and a police rank, reportedly went in search of the bus driver and eventually caught up with them on Mandela Avenue.
It is alleged that the owner of the vehicle, who was armed with a cutlass, attempted to attack the driver while Fernandes attacked the conductor and was subsequently shot.

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