“Bad Boy” guns down “Bamzey” over ganja leaves

Jul 18, 2021 News

⁃ “Fronto Man” injured in Essequibo shooting

Kaieteur News – An ex-convict, “Bamzey” was last evening shot and killed allegedly by another man “Bad Boy” over an old “ganja leaves” grievance. The shooting incident occurred sometime around 20:00hrs at a bus shed in Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast and has also left a bystander known as “Fronto Man” injured.

The suspected killer, Shemroy Hackett called “Bad Boy”

Shot dead, 22-year-old Keon McLennon called “Bamzey”.

According to residents, a group of men was at a popular bus shed, in the Village, “smoking ganja” when an argument ensued. They explained that this led to the ex-con Shemroy Hackett, called “Bad Boy” whipping out a handgun and shooting 22-year-old Keon McLennon called “Bamzey” twice.
A resident said, “Bamzey and Bad Boy had vibes over ganja so when Bamzey put he self in the middle of Fronto Man and Bad Boy who was going and fight…Bad Boy release two shot in he [McLennon] and one in Fronto Man. He[Hackett] was about to shoot more but he gun click.”
Villagers told this publication that the deceased and his killer had an old grievance over ganja but they still continued to smoke with each other at the bus shed, which was described as a usual spot for marijuana smokers.A woman stated, “A setta them went at bus shed and then I heard some loud explosions and screaming.” The woman added that when she turned around, they noticed the suspect running away with a gun in his hand and McLennon lying in a pool of blood.
Kaieteur News understands that McLennon‘s body was left in the bus shed until 21:20hrs where he was under police guard as villagers gathered at the crime scene. Up to press time, there was no police release on the shooting incident.
According to reports, the suspect, is a known character and was jailed for discharging a loaded firearm at two police officers in 2016. Hackett was also jailed for a series of armed robberies and ganja possession.