Home News 24-year-old wanted for murder of Sophia labourer
Police on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin for 24-year-old Denzil Haynes, for questioning in relation to the murder of 27-year-old Yardan Jacobs. Haynes’s last known address is Lot ‘T’ 67 North Sophia, Georgetown.
Jacobs, a labourer of North Sophia, Georgetown, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, almost two weeks after he was shot in his community at around midnight on April 16, while hanging out with a group of persons at the Tanary Area in the community. Jacobs’s cousin Steve Bacchus was also shot during the incident.
Reports are that Jacobs had gotten into an argument with an individual, and Bacchus had subsequently intervened, causing the suspect to whip out a firearm and discharge several rounds in the direction of the duo before fleeing the scene in an unknown direction.
Anyone who has information about the whereabouts of the suspect is kindly asked to contact the POLICE on 229-2700, 229-2219, 229-2557, 226-6978, 225-8196, 911, or at the nearest Police station.