Two persons are now dead and a child injured following a shooting incident on Charlotte Street, Georgetown.
Reports are that a man opened fire on the woman and the child, and then turned the gun on himself.
The woman has been identified as 36-year-old Atiya Solomon, an employee of ExxonMobil Guyana, while the shooter was identified as Alroy Solomon.
The woman and her child had been living at a rented property on Charlotte Street for some three months prior.
The shooter was her husband, and according to information reaching this publication, the couple was in the process of getting divorced.
INews understands that the couple’s shared home was destroyed by fire, in a suspected arson; this prompted the woman and her child to seek accommodation at Charlotte Street.
The shooter, though he did not reside there, was a frequent visitor.
A resident informed this publication that two weeks ago, there was a shooting incident in the area.
“Two weeks ago, we hear gunshots coming from there and when you look on the road, these are the spent shell was on the ground…I don’t know if the neighbours them report it,” the resident said.
This is a developing story…
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