Two persons were shot dead in an execution style killing at B Field Sophia late last night.
The victims were identified by the police as Daniel Fraser, a 26-year-old male Lance Corporal of the Guyana Defence Force and of lot 598 A Field Sophia and Shanicka Forde a 23-year-old unemployed female who was residing in Barbados and was staying at her friend Tashanna George of lot 633 South Sophia, East Coast Demerara. The woman was on vacation for the past three months. The victims were pounced upon by an unknown suspect who opened fire on them. Fraser received one gunshot wound to his chest while Forde received three shots – one to the chest, one to her right knee and one to the right side abdomen which exited the left side abdomen.
The Guyana Police Force is reporting that their investigations revealed that earlier in the night Fraser and Forde were imbibing at a shop in C Field Sophia before leaving for home on Fraser’s motorcycle CK 9296
As they were heading west along last street ‘B’ Field Sophia, they were confronted by an unknown male who approached them from a northern direction on a bicycle and discharged six rounds at Fraser and Forde causing them to fall on the ground. The suspect then rode away in a western direction and made good his escape. Fraser and Forde were picked up by Fraser’s brother Darrell Fraser and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in a taxi where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The bodies are currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary awaiting post mortem examination. The police are reporting that checks were made for the suspect but without success, as the probe continues into the matter.