Following the shooting in C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, on Friday evening, which resulted in the death of 24-year-old Jamal Munroe, the mother of the suspect, Deborah Caesar, has been arrested while her son, 19-year-old Mark Ferral, remains on the run.
Deceased: Jamal Munroe
This is as details into the incident emerge, including that Caesar allegedly provided the weapon that was used in the murder, in encouraging her son to seek revenge on the now dead man.
Guyana Times reported that around 22:45h on the evening in question, Ferral and Munroe clashed over the latter’s 32-year-old girlfriend while at the Black and White Bridge in C Field. During the confrontation, the woman had also accused the 19-year-old of stealing a mobile phone, which escalated the matter.
The suspect retaliated by whipping out a handgun and discharging rounds in the direction of Monroe, hitting him several times. He then fled the scene and went into hiding while his victim was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital in a semi-unconscious state.
Munroe sustained gunshot wounds to his legs, upper hand and lower back, and subsequently succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at the medical institution.
However, this publication was later made to understand that there was an ongoing feud between the young men, stemming from a two-month disagreement over a gambling board which dragged Munroe’s “gang” and Ferral’s family into the altercation.
It was just last week that the duo were said to be caught up in an incident which saw them chasing after each other while armed with cutlasses right in Sophia. Days later, Munroe was said to have stabbed Ferral which was reported to the Turkeyen Police Station, but to no avail. As such, when the two clashed once again on Friday evening, the outcome was fatal.
Police are still on the hunt for Ferral, who has not been seen since the incident. However, his mother, 44-year-old Caesar, who is a security guard, was taken into custody after initial probes into the incident revealed that she allegedly took home her service revolver for her teenage son to put an end to the matter with Munroe, once and for all.
As such, the woman remains in Police custody as investigations continue.
The now dead man had numerous run-ins with law enforcement, as he had been implicated in a number of offences, including armed robberies.
Back in 2016, Munroe was shot by ranks in Berbice, as they attempted to arrest him for his involvement in a number of crimes, but he managed to escape. He later showed up at the Georgetown Public Hospital in critical condition.
Adding to that, his brother, sacked prison officer Troybon Munroe, met with his demise in a similar manner after he was shot dead by a bodyguard while attempting to mug a businesswoman on the Liliendaal Railway Embankment road, in the vicinity of the Giftland Mall, just three months ago.
