Two men wanted for questioning in the killing a young father of one on Sunday morning near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have been identified and are believed to be on the run.
Dead: Lawrence Raymond Benjamin
Guyana Times understands that ranks at the Timehri Police Station, after identifying the men, made several attempts to locate them, but to no avail.
Lawrence Raymond Benjamin, 24, of Ice House Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was stabbed at least three times – once to his neck and twice to his chest by his assailants.
After the stabbing incident, Benjamin, the father of a five-month-old baby, went to a nearby shop and sat on a chair.
He was seen panting for breath and died subsequently.
A source at the Guyana Police Force (GPF) told this publication that the suspects were identified to the Police by an eyewitness, and “the men are now on the run”.
Reports revealed that efforts are now being made to issue a wanted bulletin.
Althea McPherson, a sister of the dead man, told this publication, when contacted, that she was at a friend’s house in the area when she received the news that her brother had been stabbed to death. She immediately rushed to the scene only to see her brother’s motionless body in an upright position on the plastic chair.
She is calling on the Police to make every attempt to arrest her brother’s killers as soon as possible.
Investigations are still ongoing.
