Police yet to make arrest in execution of taxi driver

Dead: Delon Josiah

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is yet to make a breakthrough in the execution-style killing of Delon Josiah called “Milo”, a 37-year-old taxi driver, who was killed at his Perseverance, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home on Saturday evening by two masked men.
Commander of Regional Division 4B (East Bank Demerara), Mahendra Singh during a telephone interview Guyana Times on Tuesday, said that there has been no new development in the case, but Police are still investigating to solve the murder.
“There is no update at this time to give. The information that is known, is currently in the public domain. That is the only detail I can add right now to what is already out there,” he related.
On Saturday evening, Josiah was riddled with bullets while sleeping at home at about 21:45h.
Initial investigations revealed that Josiah’s wife was entertaining a female guest when two armed men confronted them and asked for her husband.
The masked, armed men held the women at gunpoint and took them into the house as they searched for the taxi driver. They eventually entered the room in which Josiah was sleeping and shot him several times before making good their escape.
Upon inspection, detectives confirmed that Josiah was shot to his right-side foot, left underarm, left temple, and right-side ear.
Police have since recovered four .40 calibre spent shells, four .9mm spent shells, four metal fragments, and three bullets at the scene.