POLICE Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed yesterday that a second suspect has been held and is assisting with investigations into the shooting of Commissioner of Insurance, Mrs. Maria van Beek.

The Assistant Commissioner of Police said the latest and the previously arrested suspects were lined up for possible identification on a parade yesterday.

But detectives are still working on a probable motive for the April 16 attack on the CLICO Guyana Judicial Manager, Persaud said, amidst rife speculation that it had to do with her Court appointment to manage the cash strapped company.

He said ranks are have not yet located the motorcycle nor the rider who aided the shooter’s getaway from the Lombard Street, Georgetown crime scene.

Meanwhile, the wounded van Beek remains in a stable condition and is recovering from the gunshot wound to her chest.

The injured woman is at home with her husband and children and has her focus right now on getting better, a family member said.

The spokesperson said the family is very grateful for the work of and the protection being afforded them by the Police Force and is hoping for a satisfactory end to the recent ordeal.

van Beek was shot about 08:15h Thursday while on her way to work in slow traffic on Lombard Street and, subsequently, underwent surgery to have a bullet and shrapnel removed from her body.

She had recently reported to the Court that CLICO Guyana is insolvent as its liabilities exceed its assets by $11.9B.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has instructed Police Commissioner Henry Greene to “leave no stone unturned”  and “get to the bottom” of the execution attempt on the life of  Mrs. van Beek.

President Jagdeo told reporters in Trinidad during the just concluded Summit of the Americas that the shooting of van Beek   was “reprehensible” and the Police are looking into the matter.

He noted, too, that Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, during a post-cabinet briefing last Friday, expressed the administration’s concerns about the shooting incident.