Latest update February 20th, 2025 12:39 PM
Murdered TSU rank…Gunman’s intended target taken into protective custody
The policeman that was the real target of the gunman who killed Tactical Services Unit (TSU) rank, Michael Cumberbatch, is reportedly now in protective custody.
Kaieteur News understands that police took the security measure out of concern that attempts may also be made on this policeman’s life by associates of the detained killer.
TSU rank Michael Cumberbatch
Like Cumberbatch, the rank also lives in Sophia, is of mixed ancestry, and reportedly also has a wife of Amerindian ancestry.
Police sources said that the suspect, identified as a 27-year-old Kitty resident, has confessed to shooting Constable Cumberbatch, and stated that another rank was his intended target.
According to reports, the alleged gunman had received information that a policeman who lived in Sophia was having an affair with his wife. The suspect was also reportedly given a description of his rival’s wife.
Cumberbatch’s wife had reportedly identified the suspect as the gunman, and he is likely to appear in court today.
The suspect was charged in September 2009 in connection with a $16.2M gunpoint robbery.
Some North Sophia residents told investigators that they saw the alleged gunman “walking up and down” in the North Sophia area on Monday prior to the murder, and that the suspect had been enquiring about someone called ‘Quacy.’
The dead man’s reputed wife had told Kaieteur News that she was at home with her husband and children on Monday night when someone knocked at the door and asked for ‘Quacy.’
The woman said that she told the visitor, whose hair was braided, that no one by the name of ‘Quacy’ lived there, and the visitor left. But she said that the man returned ten minutes later and again banged on the door while asking for ‘Quacy.’ By this time, the family had gone to bed.
Mrs. Cumberbatch said that she looked outside and remarked to her husband that the visitor appeared to be drunk.
Cumberbatch then went outside and ordered the man to leave. According to her, the stranger asked “who you talking to?”…”And then Michael (Constable Cumberbatch) said ‘what you got in your hand?’ She then heard gunshots.
On looking outside, Mrs. Cumberbatch said that she saw her husband lying on the ground and the alleged killer fleeing the scene.
The wounded policeman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he succumbed.
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