The use of a false name resulted in the death of a 47-year-old consultant with the Ministry of Health who succumbed to a stabbing wound on Sunday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Dead is Andre Wilson aka ‘Puchie’ of 388 Middle Walk, Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The incident occurred on October 24 about 17:00 at a shop located at Victoria South, ECD. Police yesterday said that the suspect, a taxi driver is in custody pending a murder charge.
Andre’s friend, Clive Lawrence, a US-based Guyanese who’s in Guyana vacationing, told Stabroek News that last Thursday afternoon he, Wilson and some other friends were hanging out at a shop in the street when he saw the suspect, who everyone knows since childhood.
The suspect was driving past them in his car, and Lawrence called out for his friend by the name, ‘Dawg Wind’. Lawrence related that for years everyone in the community called the suspect by that name. However, the suspect continue to drive and about 20 minutes later, Lawrence relayed that the suspect drove back and approached him and enquired why he had called him the false name. Lawrence said he immediately apologized to him in order to calm the suspect down as it was obvious the man was irate.
At that moment, Lawrence sad that Wilson interjected and asked the suspect, “Why are you acting like that? Why are you trying to beat Clive? `Dawg Wind’ is the name everyone knows you by, why are you trying to beat down Clive?”
Wilson and the suspect then got into an argument over the issue. Lawrence added that, shortly after that a man who was driving his car on the road called for `Dawg Wind’ and everyone started laughing.
One person remarked “You trying to beat Clive and that man just called you, `Dawg Wind’”. Lawrence further said that while Wilson was laughing, the suspect rushed to his car, took out his knife, returned to them and stabbed Wilson in the right side of his abdomen. Andre jumped in the trench and the suspect got into his car and drove off.
Friends took Wilson out of the trench and rushed him to the Nabaclis Hospital from where the police further rushed him to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Lawrence said he received a call early yesterday morning that Wilson had died.
The man’s mother, Verna Wilson related that she couldn’t say exactly what happened but she was at home when someone called out to her and told her that her son had been stabbed on the road and had been rushed to the hospital.
Wilson resided with his fiancée in the same building with his mother. He lived downstairs while his mother occupied the upstairs. He was described as a loving, jovial person.