THE mother and relatives of a 25 year old man who was killed after a robbery are calling on the acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine to intervene in the matter to bring some closure to the case.Gregory Garraway, 25, of Russell Street Charlestown, Georgetown succumbed on October 11, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation(GPHC), nine days after sustaining a gunshot wound during a robbery.

The young man was shot and robbed of a gold chain while in the company of his brother outside Wings and Things eatery, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. “This boy that is wanted was one of the boys that the President pardoned during the jubilee celebrations; this 19 year old boy from East Ruimveldt is from a big gang,” distraught mother, Pinky Hutson, said in an interview with this publication.

She further questioned that if a parent can investigate and positively identify the perpetrator who shot and killed their son, why then was the investigation taking so long for the police to conduct.
“This boy gone into hiding when my son died because he was talking about robbing him and what he had done…The police are doing absolutely nothing, they said they would have gotten back to me and I’m yet to hear anything from them,” she said.

Hutson explained that based on investigations her two sons who were at home on the night of the incident, decided to visit Wings and Things for some snacks in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

The taxi the two brothers visited the area with had a minor accident with another vehicle. “So while the two drivers were negotiating with each other about the accident, my son decided to go across at Wings and Things to purchase something and on his way there his brother said he saw Gregory and someone scuffling and by the time he go to approach, he heard a gunshot, and his brother come running to him saying he got shot,” the grieving mother lamented “He then said that the robber then started to run, firing shots to keep anyone from giving chase.”

Hutson explained that Gregory’s brother then placed him inside a taxi and rushed him to Balwant Singh hospital where he underwent surgery.

She disclosed that her son was shot in his abdomen which resulted in a damaged kidney and liver. He was later transferred to the GPHC where he died of septic shock resulting from the gunshot wound.

“Why is it that in Guyana when someone is shot the police don’t take statements from residents in the area and eyewitnesses? In this case the police didn’t even go to the crime scene to do anything much, we had to go to the police station and make a report, what really is the system in this country?” one relative asked. Relatives are asking the acting Commissioner to meet them since they have pertinent information that can assist with the apprehension of the perpetrator.