The police are still on the hunt for the four persons who were involved in the shoot-out at Laing Avenue last Friday that resulted in the death of 53-year-old Dexter McFarlane who was hit by a stray bullet.
According to the Commander of Regional Division 4 ‘A’, Simon McBean, no one has been arrested in relation to the incident and further investigations are still being conducted.
McFarlane, a construction worker, was fatally shot last Friday at about 17:00hrs at Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, while on way his home from work.
One of McFarlane’s relatives had told Stabroek News on Saturday that based on what was said, the shooting among the four persons had started at Indepen-dence Boulevard in Albouys-town and continued all the way to Second Bridge in Laing Avenue where it ended with McFarlane being shot.
“It is being peddled that it was between two gangs that included four persons, two were on motorcycle and two were running…the shooting started from the Boulevard (Independence Boule-vard), one of the men that were running is from the Boulevard so that’s where the shooting started and then they ran through the Front Road area and then came through second bridge (Laing Avenue) where they were still shooting and is around there through a short cut that a bullet hit Dexter when he was walking coming home.”
McFarlane had just come out of a bus and was walking home through a shortcut in the area when he was caught in the crossfire.
