It took two years, but God answered my prayers – says slain teen’s mom

Dec 17, 2014 News

When she was informed Monday night that the policeman, who had murdered her son, Shaquille Grant, more than

Shonnette Adams

two years ago after labelling him a bandit, was shot and killed, she was more than happy.
It wasn’t the news of his death that made her night a joyous one; it was the circumstances under which the former cop, Warren Anthony Blue, who was on the run since 2012, was killed – in a robbery.
On September 11, 2012, Lance Corporal Blue, Constable Jamal Lewis and Terrence Wallace were alleged to have shot and killed the 17-year-old Agricola resident under questionable circumstances.
The police had said that they received information that a gang in Agricola was planning a robbery on a business entity located near the National Stadium at Providence. It was further stated that Grant was a part of that gang who first opened fire at the lawmen. The ranks, it was said, returned fire and killed the teenager.
Grant’s mother refuted the police’s claims. She insisted that her teenage son was never a part of any gang “much less planning a robbery”.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali Hack had later advised the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to institute murder charges against the three ranks who were involved in the raid which resulted in the shooting death of Grant.
Wallace was committed to stand trial in the High Court, while Blue and Lewis could not have been located.
Yesterday, Grant’s mother, Shonnette Adams, in an interview with this newspaper, said that someone had called Monday night to inform her that Blue was killed in a shootout with the police.
The woman said that she could not believe that her son’s killer had died. She said that it was after a number of persons began calling her that she realized that it was actually true.
“Who is the criminal now?” she asked.
Adams said Monday night’s shooting simply shows that Blue was the criminal and not her son.
The woman said that a few months after Blue disappeared – after her son’s killing – his (Blue’s) relatives contacted her,

Cop turned bandit, Warren Anthony Blue

and pleaded with her to accept $2M as settlement. She said that his relatives had informed her that the former cop was tired of hiding, but she refused to accept the money.
Adams is now calling on Lewis, the second cop who is on the run, to hand over himself to the police and serve his time, after which she advised him to surrender himself to God.