The police are yet to apprehend the man who fatally shot Trevon April on the Demerara Harbour Bridge three weeks ago although they had managed to obtain surveillance footage that captured his image. April, 32, called ‘Trevy,’ of Patrick’s Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was shot dead on the evening of December 26 last year following an argument in a minibus on the bridge.
Another person, Rudolph Williams, 28, of Lot 3 ‘B’ Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara (WCD), was injured in the shooting.
A source close to the investigation yesterday told Stabroek News that ranks are making every possible effort to locate the suspect, who hasn’t been seen since he fled from the scene on the night of the shooting.
At the time of the shooting, the men were all traveling in a Route 32 bus, which was destined for Georgetown. The bus picked up the suspect at Farm, East Bank Essequibo, while Williams and April, got on at Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD. As they were proceeding east along the Demerara Harbour Bridge, an argument began over an open window on the bus since it was raining. One of the men wanted the window closed as he was getting wet and another wanted it to remain open. A scuffle then ensued.
As a result, the driver stopped the bus on the middle of the bridge to put the combatants off when the suspect reportedly drew a firearm and fired several shots before fleeing. April and Williams were both rushed to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital at Diamond, where the former succumbed. Williams, who was shot once to his left foot, was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. He has since been discharged.
