A 43-year-old construction worker was yesterday afternoon fatally shot while a taxi driver is nursing a gunshot wound following a confrontation over a property at West Ruimveldt.
Dead is Dexter Horsham, a construction worker of Lot 430 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The injured man has been identified as Corwyne Abraham, a 38-year-old taxi driver of Charles-town.
Police say the incident occurred at about 4.50 pm yesterday.
The police said that information so far revealed that Ezekiel Subhan, a 25-year-old Private of the Guyana Defence Force, who resides at Lot 426 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown was at home with his 23-year-old reputed wife when he heard someone knocking on his door.
Subhan went to the front door, looked outside and saw a man at the door who told him to move from the house. The man claimed that he bought the house from his (Subhan’s) great-uncle. However, Subhan told the man that he was not going anywhere and that he should get the police involved since he did not come with a document of ownership for the property.
As a result, they argued, and six other identifiable men exited a black pickup vehicle with registration number GLL 7950. The GDF Private said the men aggressively came into the yard and rushed to him.
A crowd had gathered by then, which included the victim Horsham.
A fight then broke out, and one of the men who came out of the pickup vehicle and was armed with a handgun discharged three rounds. Horsham was hit to the left side of his back. While Abraham suffered a gunshot wound.
The gunman and other suspects then went back to the pickup vehicle and drove off. The victims were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where Horsham was pronounced dead and Abraham is presently seeking medical attention. His condition is listed as stable.
At about 8.30 last night, police combed the area at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, where they found the motor vehicle GLL 7950, a silver Chevy Silverado Pickup, abandoned in a yard at Lot 2669 Aubrey Barker Road and National Avenue, South Ruimveldt.
The occupant of the same address, Delon Bart, a 32-year-old businessman, was contacted. He stated that the owner of the vehicle, Majesty Fernandes, does not live at the address.
Bart further stated that he left home around 7 am yesterday and went to work, and about 8.30 pm on his return home; he saw the police at his residence. He said he did not give Fernandes permission to park his vehicle in the yard, and he did not see him for the day or know of his whereabouts.
The vehicle was processed by the police and lodged.
Investigations are ongoing.
