Thirty-two-year-old Ashmin Mahadeo, who was shot to the neck by her fiancé in her Williamsburg, Corentyne home on October 1, 2023, has succumbed to her injuries.
The shooter, 29-year-old Neil Madramootoo of Shoe Lane, New Amsterdam, was subsequently charged and granted bail in the sum of $500,000.
Mahadeo was discovered with a gunshot wound to her neck and was rushed to a hospital in Berbice in an unconscious state. Reports are that the bullet entered from the back of the neck and exited through the jaw.
She was admitted to the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital where she remained until her demise on Monday.
Dead: Ashmin Mahadeo and fiancé Neil Madramootoo in happier times
Police were able to gather evidence in relation to an illegal firearm that was found in the house where the shooting incident took place. Ballistics tests were also done while detectives also checked the hands and clothes of the fiancé for gunpowder residue.
At the time of the shooting, the couple was packing items in Madramootoo’s company vehicle to be taken to a location in Port Mourant where the couple’s bridal shower/reception was expected to take place.
The injured woman’s fiancé initially told her relatives that he did not know what transpired and even suggested that it might have been a robbery.
He had claimed that he did not know where Mahadeo’s cell phone was and that he could not find his.
However, both phones were subsequently discovered in a vehicle which the engineer had access to. The couple was slated to get married by year end.
However, after the incident, the suspect was arrested but was subsequently released on $300,000 station bail after the legal 72-hour detention period had expired.
He was later rearrested after Police were able to secure a statement from Mahadeo, who reportedly confirmed that it was Madramootoo who shot her. Now that, Mahadeo is dead, the attempted murder charge will be upgraded to murder.
