Wanted murder suspect shot while attempting to evade Police
Murdered: Dexter Hersham
Quacy Jamal Craig who was wanted for the shooting to death of Dexter Hersham at West Ruimveldt back in August 2023 was on Friday evening shot while attempting to escape from Police.
Based on reports received, Police were on mobile patrol duties in Georgetown intercepted a black Allion motor car bearing registration number PAC 9713 along Kingson Seawall Road.
The vehicle was at the time being driven by Craig, 36, a supervisor from West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, who was wanted by the Police for questioning about his alleged involvement in the murder of Hersham.
Police stated that Craig’s reputed wife was also in the vehicle at the time. A search of the vehicle did not find anything of evidential value.
As such, the Sergeant on duty reportedly instructed Craig to drive his motor car to the Ruimveldt Police Station as two other ranks followed behind on motorcycles.
However, upon reaching in front of the Ruimveldt Police Station, Craig made a sudden left turn and drove off at a fast rate into Yarrow Dam thus resulting in the motorcycle ranks giving chase.
Charged: Anthony LaRose
The wanted man reportedly drove to a spot where he couldn’t proceed further. In another attempt to evade the ranks, he exited the vehicle and started to run. Despite the ranks calling on him to stop, Craig continued his bid to escape by jumping into a nearby trench.
The police retaliated by discharging a round in his direction which struck him to the buttocks. He was arrested and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where was treated and admitted under guard.
It was reported that Horsham, 43, was fatally shot and chopped while he was trying to protect a soldier from a mob of men who came to evict him from the house he had been occupying with his young son and pregnant wife.
The incident has also left the now-dead man’s cousin, Corwyne Abrams, a 38-year-old taxi driver from Charlestown, Georgetown, injured.
Meanwhile, 34-year-old Anthony LaRose of Kuru Kururu Soesdyke-Linden Highway was arraigned for the murder of Horsham.
