An execution attempt was made on the lives of four men on Monday evening at the intersection of Mandela Avenue and Princes Street in Lodge, Georgetown. However,former murder suspect Osafo Grundall, known as “Curl Up”, and the three other men narrowly escaped a group of men who were armed with AK-47 assault rifles.
Eyewitnesses recounted that a silver-grey vehicle approached from the north on Mandela Avenue, before turning west onto Princess Street and coming to a stop about five feet away from where Grundall and his associates were gathered.
Without hesitation, the gunmen emerged from the vehicle and opened fire on the group.
Despite the hail of bullets, Grundall and his associates managed to escape from the scene, even as the assailants re-entered this vehicle and sped from the scene.
Grundall’s vehicle bore the brunt of the attack, sustaining significant damage from the barrage of bullets. The Guyana Police Force, upon investigation, recovered 27 spent shells, including 10 of the 7.62×39 variety.
Grundall, a resident of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown, has a history with law enforcement. In February 2021, he surrendered to authorities after being wanted in connection with the murder of 27-year-old Dale Christopher of Tiger Bay, Georgetown, who was killed in a shooting incident that occurred during a party in Hill Street, Lodge, Georgetown.
In 2019, Grundall was charged and remanded to prison for the murder of taxi driver Marlon Deon Rodney, who was shot dead during a heated dispute with Grundal and another man at the junction of Joseph Pollydore Street and Mandela Avenue in Georgetown. That violent encounter had also resulted in a bystander sustaining injuries. Grundall was subsequently arrested and charged with the murder.
Up until news time on Tuesday, the Police have said, Grundall had not made contact with authorities regarding the recent attack on his life.
