Man gunned down while trying to make peace

─ Police issue wanted bulletin for ex-cop

Kurt Anthony Duncan was, in the wee hours of Monday, gunned down while trying to make peace between a man and a woman outside of Seeta’s Bar in Station Street Kitty, Georgetown.

Based on information received, the 32-year-old father of five of Pike Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown was shot once to his chest by an ex-policeman who was at the establishment at the time.
Initial reports from the Police revealed that at about 2:00h on Monday, a woman who was imbibing at Seeta’s Bar got into a heated argument with a handyman who was at the time wiping the ground. That argument escalated into a scuffle, and Duncan, who was also at the drinking spot, intervened.

The suspect, Keon David, then whipped out a gun and discharged a round that hit Duncan to the chest. The injured man was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
David, on the other hand, left the scene, but the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has since issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest. His last known address has been given as Sophia, Greater Georgetown. He is said to be 32 years old and a former member of the Police Force.
At the late Kurt Duncan’s home on Monday, his sister Candacy Duncan explained that her brother had been a “family man” who would hardly ever go out. She said, “We are not coping well, because I really can’t even talk right now; it’s just so shocking. I know my brother is not no peace-maker. He doesn’t get no problem with nobody. He’s a family man, and I don’t know if he gone out must be to take a few drinks with he friends. I know he don’t normally do that, and that is what happened”.
Duncan’s distraught family members are still trying to come to grips with what has happened, and are pleading for justice. The sister is hopeful that the Police would do their work and ensure her brother gets justice, especially since he has left five young children to mourn.
His wife, over at her residence, had strength only to call for justice for her husband.
“I ain’t resting! I got to get reason! I is not one of the wife or one of the mothers what the family is just get killed just like that and it left like that. I ain’t giving up! I got to get a reason why! I ain’t giving up for nothing!” the woman cried.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect is asked to contact the Police on telephone numbers 226-1389, 226-7476, 911, or at the nearest Police Station.