M15 rifle, .32 pistol used in Little Diamond execution

POLICE sources yesterday afternoon confirmed to this newspaper that the persons who carried out the execution-style killing of 31-year-old Trevor Adams of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara, used a high-powered weapon and a pistol to carry out the act.

Adams was employed as a mining engineer with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).

‘KILLED’: Trevor Abrams
‘KILLED’: Trevor Abrams

According to usually reliable police sources, the spent shells which were recovered from the scene of the shooting were compatible with those used in a M15 rifle and a .32 pistol.
Early yesterday morning, police investigators who are probing the execution-style killing returned to the scene of the incident where they were able to review video footage which was recorded from a building nearby. In addition, the police ranks were also able to get information on a vehicle and the occupants who were in it at the time of the shooting.
Investigators are very positive that they will crack this case as the information coming forth from members of the public has thus far been assisting the police in moving forward in the probe.
The fact that the ranks were able to recover spent shells which are used by two different weapons confirm also, that more than one person had launched the attack on the man, while he was driving his car on the way to the city.
Because of the sensitivity of the matter and in an effort to not compromise the investigation, this publication has decided to withhold other critical information which the police were able to gather in relation to the shooting on Friday morning and which has left the relatives of the dead man and his co-workers in a state of total shock.
Well-placed sources within police circles who are close to the investigation spoke of what investigators have been able to unearth that is more than likely to lead them to the persons who carried out the daring mid-morning execution on the young GGMC employee.
On Friday, Abrams was driving along the “under construction” Little Diamond Public Road in his car when another vehicle drove up alongside him, reportedly cut off his path and opened fire on him.
The man was riddled with bullets which caused him to lose control of the vehicle which uprooted a light pole and ended up in a nearby canal. Persons said that it was only recently that the young man had purchased the car.
Reports from police sources have indicated that the execution of Abrams is linked to the execution of businessman Randolph Singh, who was gunned down last week in front of his business place and the attempted execution of ex-policeman and phantom squad member Otis Grant on Mashramani Day. Grant is said to be still a patient of a city hospital. The execution is suspected to be the fallout from a deal that went sour.

By Leroy Smith

 

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