THREE days after 19-year-old cosmetologist, Ashminee Harryram of 9 B Lusignan Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara had been shot dead, the police are yet to make an arrest of the person(s) responsible for the shooting.

A senior police officer attached to the division responsible for Lusignan told this publication that the police are yet to arrest the gunman, but the Force will continue to investigate the matter until justice is given to Harryram’s family.

Harryram’s aunt, Ms. Elo Alick, told this publication that the teen and a female cousin had gone to Georgetown to purchase cosmetology items relevant to hair and nail care, and had exited a bus on the Lusignan main road and were walking home when tragedy struck.

She said there was a burgundy car with the registration number blocked parked on the left hand side of the embankment road; and as the teen was approximately 70 metres away from her home, an armed man exited that vehicle and fired a shot at Ashminee’s head, before snatching her phone and escaping in the car.

A woman who asked to remain anonymous said she was just exiting a friend’s gateway when she saw a man of African descent exit a burgundy-coloured car and shoot Harryram to her head, before grabbing her phone and driving off.

The eyewitness wondered why the man had shot the teen and taken her phone, but did not even attempt to harm her cousin.
Written By Asif Hakim