Police are yet to establish the motive behind the shooting which claimed the life of Collissa Hunte, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, and left ex-lawman Teon Allen nursing a gunshot wound, Regional Com-mander Hugh Winter says.
Hunte, 28, who was Allen’s girlfriend, sustained a gunshot injury to her chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Mackenzie Public Hos-pital on Thursday afternoon, while Allen was shot to his upper back.
Winter yesterday told Stabroek News that Allen remains a patient at the Mackenzie Public Hospital under guard. His condition is regarded as stable.
According to Winter, investigators are still to question Allen to determine what transpired. He explained that from the information gathered they will be able to also rule whether or not Allen is a suspect in his girlfriend’s murder. “We have to know what transpired before we can say if he is a suspect or not but at the moment we don’t know exactly what happened,” the commander of Region 10 said.
Winter had told Stabroek News that the shooting occurred around 1.30 pm on Thursday. He said that a gun was also found and there were several bullet holes inside of the house, where the couple was found.
After being shot by police last December, Allen, known as ‘Spoil Child’, faced with four charges, including shooting at a lawman. The charge stemmed from an encounter with police at Houston, East Bank Deme-rara, where he was shot.
He was also charged along with three others for being in possession of a 9 mm pistol and ammunition while not being the lawful holder of a firearm licence. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted his release on a total of $240,000 bail.
During the December court appearance, Police Prosecutor Seon Blackman had told the court that on the day in question, police, acting on information, stopped the car which Allen was driving at a road block. According to the prosecutor, the police were told that the occupants of the vehicle were acting in a suspicious manner. At the stop, Allen allegedly raised a firearm and shot at an officer. Officers who were around and armed with weapons retaliated and Allen was injured. After having the men arrested, a search of the vehicle was conducted and the gun and ammunition were found.
Allen has had several brushes with the law.
Last September, police issued a wanted bulletin for Allen in connection with the attempted murder of two women, Denise Grant and Tiffany McDeth. He subsequently surrendered and faced a charge for allegedly discharging a loaded firearm. He was later released on bail.
In October, he was the target of a shooting at La Penitence Market. Two men have since been charged with trying to kill him.
In August, 2017, Allen was charged with harbouring wanted men Mark Royden Williams and Uree Varswyck – both of whom had escaped from the Camp Street Prison on July 9, 2017.
In January of the same year, Allen was among three men who were charged with the illegal possession of an AK-47 and matching ammunition. They were taken into custody after the items were found by the police during a raid at a John Street, Campbellville house.
