Following a shooting incident at Sugar Cane Road in South Ruimvelt, Georgetown, last night, Police detectives have recovered 19 spent shells from the scene but are yet to locate the shooter.
At about 20:10h on Saturday (June 21, 2025), several gunshots were fired in the air along Sugar Cane Road by the so-far unidentified driver of a black Mercedes Benz vehicle.
The incident happened along the same road where the home of Public Works Minister Juan Edghill is located.
However, it does not appear that there was any connection between the senior government official and the shooting incident.
In fact, the Guyana Police Force said that there was a ‘social’ at the home of Richard Austin, a 69-year-old Businessman of Sugar Cane Road, with several students who had written the recently concluded CXC examination. They were invited by Austin’s 16-year-old son, a student who also wrote the CXC exams.
According to eyewitness reports, a 15-year-old female student who was at the ‘social’ and the suspect were standing next to a black Mercedes Benz vehicle parked on the road, and they were hugging.
“Shortly after, the suspect entered the car and drove off at a fast rate. As the car was moving, the suspect pointed a handgun through the driver’s side window, discharged several rounds in the air, and continued to drive heading west until the vehicle disappeared,” the GPF noted
The scene was processed by detectives, and nineteen (19) 9mm spent shells were found at the scene.
Meanwhile, the registration number of the car was not seen.
“When questioned, the 15-year-old female student refused to mention who the male (suspect) was that she was with. Efforts are presently being made to locate the suspect and the motor car,” the police said.
Investigations are in progress.
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