Twenty-five-year-old Brian Morrison, a soldier of Lot 841 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was yesterday charged with murdering Tevon Daymon at the Guyana Defence Force’s Camp Stephenson, Timehri on Monday, June 12.
The police say that Morrison appeared at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court #1 before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce where the charge was read to him. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge. He was remanded to prison and the matter was adjourned to the 31st July, 2023 for disclosure of statements.
The police had said that enquiries revealed that the victim and the suspect became involved in an argument and the victim allegedly removed the magazine from the rifle he was carrying and hit the suspect in his head, causing him to suffer injuries. The suspect who was armed with an AK-47 rifle and 30 matching rounds then discharged 27 rounds from his rifle in the victim’s direction causing the victim to suffer injuries and fall to the ground. On the day of the shooting, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) expressed condolences to the family of Private Daymon over his death in what it said was an “unfortunate shooting incident” at approximately 4.51 am at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri.
A GDF release said that preliminary investigations revealed that Private Daymon was shot by another rank while the two were performing security duties.
“This appears to be an isolated incident and does not reflect the overall discipline and professionalism of our ranks”, the statement said.
A Board of Inquiry will be convened to probe the circumstances that led to the fatal shooting of Private Daymon, the GDF said.
