“Lola Doll” names alleged shooter from hospital bed

Local artiste and businesswoman Lolita Callender, popularly known as “Lola Doll”, has publicly identified the man she says tried to take her life during last weekend’s gun attack outside her East Ruimveldt home.
Speaking from her hospital bed in a cell-phone recorded video that quickly went viral, Lola Doll declared: “I saw the person that try to take my life, yes I saw him. I am happy that no bullet went to my head to kill me.” She went on to call on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to deliver justice.
Shortly after the video began circulating, social media posts linked the shooting to Wayne Barker, the same man currently before the courts in connection with the 2024 abduction of Joshua David, known as “Bricks”.
Barker later surrendered to police in the company of his lawyer after his photo was widely shared online. Notably, police had not issued a wanted bulletin for him at the time of his surrender. Lola Doll was shot several times last Saturday while seated in her car outside her home. CCTV footage captured a lone gunman on a motorcycle carrying out the attack. So far, police have arrested and released two other suspects during the probe. The first, detained hours after the shooting, was freed on $500,000 station bail after the mandatory 72-hour holding period expired.
Investigators later issued a wanted bulletin for United States (US)-sanctioned businessman Paul Daby Jr, also known as “Randell”. He was arrested and released on $1 million bail. In June, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Daby Jr and several others for alleged involvement in international cocaine trafficking networks. He was accused of helping move shipments from Colombia and Venezuela through Guyana to North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. The attack on Lola Doll, already notorious for its brazenness, now seems to have spiralled into an even wider saga, pulling in high-profile names already linked to past abduction and organised crime cases, as police investigations continue.