A US-based Guyanese was shot and killed in New Jersey, United States, on Thursday evening. The dead man has been identified as Rayon Shepherd.
According to an RLS Metro Breaking News article, the incident occurred sometime around 21:30h in Newark’s West Ward, NJ.
Dead: Rayon Shepherd
It was reported that Police responded to reports of shots fired near 153 Isabella Avenue.
“Units arrived and taped off the area after they found a severely injured, unconscious, and unresponsive male suffering multiple bullet wounds. The victim was pronounced dead a short time later,” the article detailed.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is currently investigating the fatal shooting. This is the second Guyanese that was killed in New Jersey within a matter of five months.
In May, a United States-based Guyanese singer and former Hadfield Street, Lodge resident, Curt Johnson, was gunned down while leaving his brother’s birthday celebrations in New Jersey.
While the motive remains unclear, they have ruled out robbery given the number of gunshots fired and the fact that Johnson was still wearing all his jewellery.
Prior to this incident, last year June Guyanese-born Norman Corlette who is originally from Sheriga Scheme, Enmore North, East Coast Demerara, was fatally stabbed to death on Lincoln Avenue in Newark, New Jersey.
A family member had told this publication that the incident stemmed from a confrontation between Corlette and a man who dropped home someone close to the victim who was in New Jersey babysitting his child.
As a result of the injuries he sustained, Corlette allegedly buckled and fell to the ground and subsequently died, the relative said.
