Alleged shooter in America St money changer’s murder nabbed
Less than a month after a third person was arraigned for the shooting to death of America Street money changer Sean Nurse, the alleged shooter was arrested on Thursday moments after he was released from the Camp Street penitentiary.
Based on information received, William Hendricks, who was incarcerated for the past three weeks on a wounding charge, was detained by investigators and was currently being interrogated about the murder.
A Police source told Guyana Times that detectives would have received
information from eyewitnesses which named Hendericks as the shooter.
The well-known money-changer, of Lot 33 Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was sitting in a chair at the corner of Avenue of the Republic and America Street on February 4, 2018 when he was approached by a man armed with a handgun.
The man demanded that Nurse hand over a bag containing an undisclosed sum of local and foreign currencies. Nurse resisted, and in retaliation, the bandit pulled the trigger, shooting him once to his head. Nurse collapsed and died almost immediately.
The Police retrieved a spent 9mm shell at the scene, and questioned several persons, who gave a description of the shooter. At the time of the shooting incident, the suspect was reportedly clad in a red hoodie and a pair of brown trousers.
On May 10, Kacey Heliger, of Lot 42 Shell Road, Kitty, was charged with the murder of the money- changer. Two other men, Kerwin DaSantos and George Hope, both 22 years old, have also been charged with his murder.