Investigators probing the murder of taxi driver Kelvin Walters, who was fatally shot on the Eccles, East Bank Demerara public road last Tuesday night, are still to question the suspects in police custody.
The suspects are hospitalised at a city hospital and Crime Chief Lyndon Alves told this newspaper that investigators are awaiting clearance from the doctors before interviewing the men.
The suspects have been hospitalised since Tuesday night, after Walters crashed his car into the men, who were traveling on motorcycle. Police on Wednesday said that the men were arrested and placed into custody under guard. The men were found with “injuries consistent with that of a motor vehicle accident,” police said.
According to a police press release sent out Wednesday night, one of the suspects has been positively identified.
According to police, Walters was proceeding south along the eastern carriageway of the road in his car, PXX 1509, with his wife and child at around 7:20 pm, heading home. He resided at Parfait Harmonie on the West Bank of Demerara.
Whilst in the vicinity of the Two Brothers Service Station, the police said, two men on a motorcycle approached and turned in front of his vehicle, following which the pillion rider whipped out a handgun and shot Walters in the face.
Walters, nonetheless, managed to hit the suspects using his car. The duo fled on foot. Their motorcycle and firearm with 14 live rounds, were left behind at the crime scene and later recovered by the police.
The motive for the shooting remains unknown but police are optimistic the suspects will provide some insight into the shooting when interviewed.
Walters was a witness in the trial of the men charged over a grenade being found outside the office of the Kaieteur News newspaper’s office at Saffon Street, Charlestown on June 4th, 2016. Walters had testified in the preliminary inquiry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The trial of the accused is set to commence in the High Court later this year.
Alves had, however, noted that no connection has been made between Walters’ death and his role in the case.
