A police constable was shot dead by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who then turned the weapon on himself at the Springlands Police Station just after midnight today.
Reports are that Constable Kelvin Shepherd, 23, of Rosignol, West Berbice was asleep in the Barracks when ASP, Ivelaw Murray of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara discharged a round at him.
He then calmly walked over to his living quarters a short distance away and committed suicide.
Shepherd was rushed to the Skeldon Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Ranks on duty heard the single gunshot and thereafter saw Murray walking out of the compound.
They then checked the area where the shot was fired from and saw Shepherd covered in blood. After returning from the hospital the officers then ran over to Murray’s quarters where they found him dead.
Stabroek News learnt Shepherd was not assigned to duty on Saturday night but was called out by Murray.
Before that, a group of policemen were heading to No. 48 Village in a vehicle driven by Murray when it struck a cow and was badly damaged.
The vehicle had to be towed back to the station. The ranks were on their way to attend the wake for police constable, Vickram Singh who was gunned down in Georgetown on Friday night.
