Latest update April 8th, 2025 7:13 AM
Police build case against soldier in bread vendor’s murder – ‘trigger man’ still at large
– legal advice to be sought today
Dead: Andre Alexander
Investigators have managed to build a case against the 20-year-old soldier who was held for the murder of bread vendor, Andre Alexander two Fridays ago at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown.
Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum confirmed yesterday that the file will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice today.
It is unclear what information the police have on the rank, but reports are that he was arrested based on a tip off police in ‘A’ Division received.
It is suspected that the solder was the one towing the ‘trigger man’ at the time Alexander was gunned down. The trigger man has not yet been apprehended, but Blanhum said that diligent efforts are being made to find him.
So far, the police are still looking for a key element in the bread vendor’s murder, and that is a CG motorcycle that was used by the suspects.
Ranks are confident that the soldier is in possession of one such motorcycle, since traffic ranks at Turkeyen Police Station recalled that they had pulled him in on numerous occasions for riding the cycle without proper documentation.
“One time he (soldier) said he didn’t have a bike and when the boys (ranks) tell he that they see he with a bike, he said it is his friend motorcycle, but we are not finding the bike or the person who owns it,” a detective said.
Alexander was shot in the stomach by one of two gunmen on a motorcycle two Fridays ago during a robbery at ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown.
The GDF rank was arrested after the cops received a tip-off two Mondays ago. The description the police received of one of the gunmen matched that of the soldier.
The soldier is a 20-year-old Section ‘B’ Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident. He and a Plum Park, South Sophia resident were arrested hours apart. Both men are known to each other.
Alexander, of Lot 394 ‘C’ Field Sophia, died around 23:00hrs two Fridays ago during surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The attack occurred around 20.30hrs 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 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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