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Taxi driver gunned down; teen injured
…in late night shooting in Sophia
(Kaieteur News) – A 27-year-old man Xavier Fraser, a taxi driver was fatally shot on Sunday night near to his home at Mercy Wing, Plum Park, Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
The shooting, which occurred around 22:36 hours has left another man nursing gunshot injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Deceased 27-year-old Xavier Fraser
According to a statement from Police an investigation has been launched into the incident and it has been indicated so far that the deceased was at the location when he sustained gunshot injuries. However, the circumstances surrounding the incident are being actively investigated. “The injured man was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty. A 19-year-old male, also of Plum Park, who sustained gunshot injuries was admitted to the said hospital and remains in a stable condition,” police said.
Fraser’s remains are currently at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination, while CCTV footage is being reviewed as investigations continue.
Fraser’s mother points to the spot where was killed Sunday night at Plum Park, Sophia.
In an interview his mother Thelma Butters told reporters that she was asleep when she heard someone calling for “inside.” She said she looked outside and the individual who was a friend of her son then informed her, “Xavier get shot, Xavier get shot”.
“I saw my son on his knees saying Ma, ma and the guy took him to the hospital. When I reached the hospital, now, the guy told me that he was taking my son to buy a gun and he got shot. This is as much as I can say. I don’t believe that my son was going to buy a gun, but I believe that my son was set up and get shot because the young man in question is responsible for [another murder] too…So I think we need a proper investigation from the Police Force so we could know what happened to my son,” Butters said.
The grieving mother described her son as a loving child, and for the past six years since her separation from her husband she could not have asked for a better child. “…my son stood by my side for the last six years as a father to his children and father to my children and a backbone to me. I didn’t expect this from Xavier…My son was sick for the last week. He had an influenza, also he was in bed all the time,” she added.
Butters told the media that Xavier worked a lot, as they both would get contracts to do drains. When questioned if she knew of him being involved in anything illegal, she said, “No illegal, no nothing. His mother would support him. His father would support him and family and the contracts also. He got his car and he would work taxi from time to time. That’s it.”
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