A man wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Bagotstown labourer has been apprehended by police during a targeted operation in Regional Division Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Hosea Fraser, aka Hosea Selmon
Police have said that 28-year-old Hosea Fraser, also known as Hosea Selmon, of Norton Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, was arrested around 2:40h on Wednesday, just over 24 hours after the fatal incident had occurred. He was reportedly captured during a police-led operation in Region Six.
Investigators have since confirmed that Fraser is the prime suspect in the murder of 38-year-old Ricardo Bailey, who was stabbed multiple times during a heated altercation that
occurred on Tuesday evening around 21:00h at the back of ‘Andy’s’ shop on Norton Street, Bagotstown.
According to initial police investigations, Bailey and Fraser were among a group of men imbibing when a verbal disagreement broke out. The confrontation quickly escalated into a physical altercation between the two men, during which Fraser allegedly pulled a knife from his waist and stabbed Bailey several times before fleeing the scene in a westerly direction along Norton Street.
Public-spirited citizens rushed the wounded man to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, but he was pronounced dead on arrival. A subsequent examination of his body revealed five stab wounds: one to the left shoulder, one to the left side of the abdomen, another to the left hand, one to the right lower back, and another to the right forearm. The body is currently at the Memorial Gardens mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Following the attack, the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for Fraser, and intensive efforts were launched to locate and arrest him. His capture in Region Six has now shifted the investigation to the next phase, with detectives preparing to lay charges as soon as possible.
