A Guyanese who was once named as the mastermind behind the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News’ office in 2016 was yesterday shot and killed while sitting in a car in Suriname, according to Waterkant.Net.
Shemar Wilson, said to be 26, who was also reportedly wanted in French Guiana for murder, was sitting in a car when a gunman fired several shots into it, hitting him in the head, abdomen, chest, arms and legs. The shooter then escaped in another car.
The report said no motive had been identified for the shooting, but residents told the news agency that two persons who were also in the car left the scene with what is believed to be a large quantity of cash. A woman who was in the vehicle is now assisting the police in their investigation.
The police had issued a wanted bulletin for Wilson naming him as the mastermind in the grenade attack. However, following his arrest in 2019 the office of Director of Public Prosecution recommended that no charge be laid against him. As a result, Wilson, who had been arrested after he disembarked a flight at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, was released.
The grenade was thrown outside of Kaieteur News’ Saffon Street, Charles-town, Georgetown office on June 3, 2016. It landed near the front wheels of a vehicle belonging to publisher Glenn Lall, which was parked in front of the building, but did not explode. The device was later destroyed by bomb experts at the Kingston seawall.
Three men, Alfie Garraway, 36, of Lot 71 Norton Street; Janiel Howard, 20, of Lot 322 Section C Turkeyen; and Leroy Williams, 25, of Lot 11 D’Urban Backlands, had been charged in connection with the act.
