Police in ‘D’ Division are investigating the source of a stray bullet that entered the home of Terrence Segoram of Catherina-Sophias Rust, West Bank Demerara on Wednesday evening.
The bullet reportedly pierced the roof and entered the bedroom of the man’s 18-year-old son, Joshua.
He immediately contacted the Wales Police Station and the officers responded promptly and conducted investigations.
Divisional Commander, Ian Amsterdam when contacted, told Stabroek News that police had received information that shooting had returned on the Demerara River.
They had stepped up the patrolling in the water but never found anything suspicious. He said they are still trying to determine where the warhead had come from.
In 2013, Ryan Persaud, 14 of Vive La Force was killed when he was hit by a stray bullet. Residents had said his death may have been avoided if police had acted on numerous reports of reckless shooting into the area from boats on the Demerara River.
Persaud’s friend, Feroze Hussein had said: “He was catching bird and he put the sling shot over his shoulder and tell we he coming to catch shrimp… then he run over shouting, ‘a yuh come see something sting meh in meh back.’
But he collapsed before we meet to he and start bleeding from he mouth,” he had recounted to Stabroek News.
Residents had said that periodically there would be rapid gunfire coming from boats that are either passing or moored at the back of the village on the Demerara River.
They said it seems that the vessels belonged to businessmen who would either be partying onboard and would indiscriminately fire shots or persons practicing their shooting with high-calibre guns.
A female resident, who did not want to give her name, had said her husband, a fisherman, has told her of seeing men on ships on the river with high-powered assault rifles.
“The men get guns that rest on stands and they have guns with magazines on their shoulders, not no two cents guns. Is big gun… He frighten fuh tell the police because nothing won’t happen and then again something might happen to he,” she had said.
