Lindener Samorea Mitchell, who was wanted by police in connection with the shooting of two men in a suspected ambush, is expected to be brought before a city court today to face murder and attempted murder charges.
The Guyana Police Force said Mitchell, called ‘Pastor,’ 26, of Lot 716 Phase 1B Wisroc, Linden, will be charged with the murder of Delroy McKenzie and the attempted murder of Calvin Daly. The police noted that Mitchell is being charged based on legal advice.
McKenzie was shot dead and his friend, Daly, was wounded on the night of July 17 after the duo walked into what appeared to have been an ambush at Linden, where they were fired upon by the occupants of a car. The shooting took place around 9 pm, shortly after McKenzie, of Lot 57 Roxanne Burnham Gar-dens, arrived in Linden to meet with a woman.
It was around 9.50 pm when they walked out of a street where a car had turned around and as McKenzie approached to open the back door, a male opened the door and began shooting at him. Another male, who was in the front passenger seat, disembarked the car and also opened fire.
Daly, the police had said, ran for cover, leaving McKenzie behind. Daly said that the car had three occupants at the time. After the shooting, the men jumped back into the car and continued to drive in the southern direction towards Silver City Street. The police said Daly, who suffered two gunshot wounds on the left and right lower arms, was escorted to the Linden Hospital Com-plex, where he was admitted. McKenzie’s body was escorted to the Lin-den Hospital Complex, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Daly, when questioned about the woman who contacted McKenzie over the phone, said that he didn’t know anything about her.
Following the report, the police had later issued a wanted bulletin for Mitchell. He was later arrested on September 3.
