A man and a woman were gunned down in Sophia last night by an assailant on a bicycle.
The police in a statement today named the dead persons as Guyana Defence Force Corporal, Daniel Fraser, 26, and Shanicka Forde, 23.
The police say that Fraser of Lot 598 A Field, Sophia and Forde who had been residing in Barbados and was staying in South Sophia had been in a relationship for two weeks.
Earlier in the night they were imbibing alcohol at a shop at C Field Sophia. Around 11.30 pm yesterday, they left to go home on motorcycle CK 9296 owned by Fraser.
The police say that as they were heading west along last street ‘B’ Field Sophia, they were confronted by an unknown male who approached them from a northern direction on a bicycle and discharged six rounds at them causing them to fall on the ground.
The suspect then rode away in a western direction and made good his escape.
Fraser and Forde were picked up by Fraser’s brother Darrell Fraser and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in a taxi where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Fraser suffered one gunshot wound to his chest while Forde sustained three shots – one to the chest, one to her right knee and one to the right side of her abdomen which exited the left side.
The bodies are currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem examinations.
Checks were made for the suspect but without success.
