Keon David, the ex-policeman who is wanted by the police in connection with the fatal shooting of Sophia resident Kurt Duncan at Seeta’s Bar on Monday morning, was not a licensed firearm holder.
This was confirmed by a police source to Stabroek News yesterday.
Duncan, called ‘Devon,’ 32, a popsicle vendor of Lot 192 North Sophia, was shot and killed around 2.07 am on Mon-day during a scuffle at Seeta’s Bar, located on Station Street, Kitty.
The father of six succumbed to a single gunshot to his chest.
Hours after the fatal shooting, the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for David, 32, who is an ex-member of the force and also a resident of Sophia.
The suspect remained on the lam up to yesterday afternoon.
Police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan, in a press statement, had said Duncan was shot after he intervened in a scuffle between a man and woman who were washing the floor of the premises.
“The victim (Duncan) who was present, intervened and reportedly assaulted the male cleaner,” the police said.
The statement added that the suspect, who was seated nearby, allegedly whipped out a firearm and shot Duncan.
Duncan’s relatives described him as a peaceful individual who did not get involved in trouble. They said he was known for making peace.
“According to what we heard, he (Kurt) was making peace…like when the altercation done, probably like he leave to go to the washroom after and like the guy (suspect) go behind he and shoot he. Duh is based on what we heard. We still don’t know,” Dellon Duncan, the dead man’s brother, had stated.
