The Guyana Police Force is currently searching for a 44-year-old man who it says disguised himself as a woman and fatally shot his daughter’s boyfriend.
Although it was not immediately clear what provoked the fatal shooting of Leon Gittens, 25, of Lot 118 Cowan Street, Kingston, the police said that the suspect had threatened him last month.
The shooting occurred around midnight on Friday at Lot 211 Freeman Street, East La Penitence. The police said that the suspect went to the address, where he was supposed to be picking up his daughter.
The woman told the police that when he arrived, she noticed that he was dressed in a blue dress and wearing a wig. He was also brandishing a black handgun when he entered the yard. She said that she ran for cover after seeing the weapon. She then heard three loud explosions, which sounded like gunshots, before the man fled.
The police said that the woman made checks after the suspect escaped and she saw Gittens lying motionless in front of a bedroom. She raised an alarm and the man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body is now at the GPH mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
The police said that efforts were made to locate the suspect but these were futile. It added that the police will continue searching for the man.
