The main suspect in the murder of 37-year-old Sophia resident Andrev Easton was fatally shot yesterday by police ranks after an exchange of gunfire.
The suspect, who was later identified by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a wanted bulletin as 32 year-old, Keron Mark Adams, had gone into hiding after the shooting incident had occurred.
Neighbours of the suspect noted that sometime Tuesday afternoon, a person was making an attempt to remove clothing and documents from the suspect’s home. The residents of the area promptly intervened to prevent the individual from leaving with the items. “Somebody went in and [they] were trying to take out clothes and so on and the people on the road…were just trying to stop them from taking the clothes and so on,” one neighbour noted.
A resident went on to explain that the police subsequently arrived and took the person away from the scene.
Later that evening, the suspect’s home was set on fire and burnt to the ground. “Around 7:00 [on Tuesday night], I heard my aunt next door call my mother and when we looked outside the whole house was already on fire,” the neighbour recounted.
In a sudden turn of events on Wednesday, the GPF issued another press release indicating that Adams was cornered by police ranks in Mocha Arcadia and after an exchange of gunfire, was taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre after being hit during the shootout with ranks of the GPF. “About 13:45h, police acting on intelligence gathered, went to a location at Mocha, EBD [East Bank Demerara] and the suspect on seeing the ranks whipped out a handgun and began shooting at the lawmen who [then] returned fire and wounded him,” the release said. “The suspect is… receiving medical attention at the [Diamond Diagnostic Centre],” the police report went on to say.
Later yesterday afternoon, Regional Commander of Region 4(a) Phillip Azore confirmed to this newspaper that the suspect died sometime after while in hospital.
Easton, a lumberyard worker, was murdered just around 8.45 am on Tuesday, a day after there was an argument between him and the suspect about where Easton should leave his horse.
