Soldier, 18-year-old held for bread vendor’s death

May 10, 2017 News

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank and an 18-year-old Sophia resident were arrested Monday night for the alleged murder of Andre Alexander. Alexander was shot during a robbery at his bread stand on Friday at Sophia, Georgetown.

Dead: Andre Alexander

The soldier has been identified as a 20-year-old Section B Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident.
He, along with a Plum Park, South Sophia resident, was arrested after ranks in ‘A’ Division received information that they might have been the two individuals who rode up to the bread vendor and shot him during a robbery.
After being arrested, the two men, who are known to each other, were taken to the scene of the shooting, accompanied by senior police officials in ‘A’ and ‘C’ division. It is unclear what transpired there.
Kaieteur News was informed that the soldier is known to traffic ranks at the Turkeyen Police Station because he was pulled in on numerous occasions for riding a motorcycle without the proper documentation.
But, on Monday night when he was asked about the motorcycle, he denied owning a CG bike or ever riding one.
When questioned further, the soldier admitted to investigators that he once had access to a CG motorbike but that it belonged to a friend.
Up to late yesterday, ranks were trying to locate the motorcycle since the bread vendor was shot by two men on a CG motorcycle.
The two suspects were taken to the Sparendaam Police Station where they were being questioned by ranks.
Andre Alexander, of Lot 394 ‘C’ Field Sophia, died around 23:00 hrs on Friday during surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
The attack occurred around 20.30 hrs at the victim’s bread stand, which is situated about four doors from his home.
Police said that Alexander was at his bread stand when the two men rode up on a motorcycle. The pillion rider requested three loaves of bread and paid with a $5000 note.
Kaieteur News understands that while Alexander was in the process of making change, the ‘customer’ whipped out a gun and demanded cash.
When Alexander put up a fight, the robber discharged two rounds, one of which struck the vendor in the stomach.
The two men relieved their victim of his cash and also escaped with three loaves of bread.
The dead man’s wife, Beverley Alexander, said that she and her husband have been operating the bread stand at the same location for more than six years and were never confronted by bandits until Friday night.
She recalled that she was at the stand when the two bandits approached her husband and shot him when he resisted.
“After (the pillion rider) collected the bread, my husband was making change to give him when he pulled out a gun and demanded the cash. So my husband tried to push away the gun and the man fired one shot and when that one missed, he fired another shot,” the woman noted.
She further related that when she heard the first shot, she ran for her life. “I run behind the stand and when I see the other suspect coming, I start run.” The bandits did not try to rob the other customers at the stand.
Beverley Alexander said that after the bandits escaped, she ran to her husband and found him lying on a bench. He was rushed to the hospital where he subsequently succumbed.

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