Ballistics report confirms guard fatally shot construction worker in Foulis incident

A ballistic report, police say, has confirmed that 29-year-old construction worker Rondell Clarke was fatally shot by a private security guard during a confrontation last Sunday night at Second Street, Foulis.
Clarke, a resident of Foulis, East Coast Demerara, was reportedly involved in a dispute that unfolded on the evening of June 8, between 19:30h and 19:45h.
Neighbours reported hearing an argument followed by gunshots.
Police responded immediately, and found Clarke still conscious at the scene. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where doctors attempted emergency surgery. Despite efforts to save him, however, Clarke succumbed to his injuries.
In their investigations, police seized weapons from the private security personnel and reviewed surveillance footage where available.
Two armed guards attached to Force Security Solutions, a private security firm operating in the area, were taken into custody.
On Tuesday, during a post-mortem examination conducted by government pathologists, investigators recovered a damaged metal fragment from Clarke s body. The fragment was immediately sent to the Crime Laboratory at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for ballistic analysis.
Hours later, experts confirmed that the fragment was discharged from an AR rifle that had been in the possession of Messiah Mussendeen, a 25-year-old security guard working with Force Security Solutions.
Additionally, forensic investigators were able to match a spent 9mm shell casing found at the crime scene to a pistol carried by Devon Boucher, another security guard from the same company.
The results confirmed that Mussendeen’s AR rifle fired the fatal shot that struck Clarke.
The specific circumstances leading to the use of deadly force remain under investigation.
Both Mussendeen and Boucher are in police custody, assisting with the ongoing investigation, while the AR rifle and pistol recovered at the scene have been secured as key evidence in the case.