Construction worker killed, another injured during West Ruimveldt shooting

One man is now dead while another is receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital following a shooting incident at West Ruimveldt, Georgetown on Thursday evening.
Dead is 43-year-old Dexter Horsham, a construction worker of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Injured is 38-year-old Corwyne Abraham, a taxi driver from Charlestown, Georgetown.

Police stated that on the day in question at about 16:50h, a 25-year-old Private of the Guyana Defence Force was at home with his 23-year-old reputed wife when he heard someone knocking on his house door and was calling for “inside”.
“As a result, Subhan went out to the front door, looked outside and saw a man at the door who told him to ‘evict’ from the house. The man claimed that he bought the house from his (Subhan’s) great-uncle. However, Subhan told the man that he was not going anywhere and that he should get the Police involved since he did not come with a document of ownership for the property,” the police stated in a release.
However, as a result, an argument ensued during which six other men exited a black Pickup vehicle bearing registration number GLL 7950 and aggressively rushed into the yard.
By that time, a crowd had gathered which included the now-dead man Horsham.
The police added that a fight erupted and one of the men who exited the vehicle discharged three rounds thus hitting Horsham to the left side back and Abraham.
After the shooting incident, the suspects entered the vehicle and drove off from the scene. The injured man was subsequently picked up and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where Horsham was pronounced dead.

Abraham on the other hand was admitted as a patient and was listed in a stable condition.
Meanwhile, at about 20:30h, Police found the motor vehicle GLL 7950, a silver Chevy Silverado Pickup, parked abandoned in a yard at Aubrey Barker Road and National Avenue, South Ruimveldt.
The occupant of the property, a 32-year-old businessman was contacted and told the police that the vehicle belonged to one Majesty Fernandes who does not live at the address, but the property is owned by a relative of Fernandes.
The businessman further stated that he left home at about 7:00h for work and upon his return at about 20:30h, he saw the Police at his residence.
He held out that he did not give Fernandes permission to park his vehicle in the yard while adding the he did not see him for the day. The vehicle was processed by the Police and lodged.
The police are on the hunt for the suspects.