“Stop playing with the gun” – woman recalls husband’s last words

…father shot dead, 2-month-old baby injured

A 19-year-old male is now on the run after allegedly shooting dead a 29-year-old male resident of Graham’s Hall, ECD while simultaneously injuring his victim’s two-month-old baby.

Anthony Haynes, called ‘One Natty’, of Lot 10 Graham’s Hall, East Coast Demerara, has been shot dead in an incident that Police said occurred at about 20:00h on Sunday, December 31, at his home.
Haynes had lived with his reputed wife Ronette Abrams, a 26-year-old customer service representative, and their two-month-old baby girl. According to Abrams, she was at home in her kitchen on that fateful Sunday while Haynes was in the living room, holding their baby and conversing with the 19-year-old suspect, who was at their house at the time.
A short while after, Abrams said, she heard Haynes saying: “Stop playing with the gun”, then a loud explosion that sounded like a gunshot came from the living room, and the baby started crying.
On checking, she saw her husband lying motionless in a chair with a wound to the left side chest. He still had the baby in his arms. The suspect was standing over him with a handgun in his hand.
The suspect then took the deceased out of the house and on to the road at Crown Dam Industry, a few metres away from the home, where he covered him with a sheet while he made good his escape.
The body of Haynes was examined, and what appeared to be a gunshot wound was observed to his left side chest; while one live .38 round of ammunition was found in the living room of the house.
Haynes and his two-month-old baby were escorted to the GPHC, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor while the baby received treatment for a wound to her right inner shoulder. Investigations are ongoing. (G9)