DEPUTY Commissioner of Police ‘Law Enforcement’ Seelall Persaud yesterday said that a post mortem revealed that Dameon Belgrave, who was shot and killed by the police, died from shock and haemorrhage, as a result of a gunshot wound which entered and exited his body.
Belgrave was shot on Hadfield Street in the city as the police pursued occupants of a car on Friday night.
He added the Officer-in-Charge of the investigation is in discussion with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, to have the 72-hour detention time for the three cops involved in the incident extended, since the required holding time has expired, and the matter is still under investigation.
Police reported that at about 21:30hrs last Friday, ranks of a mobile police patrol at “B” Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, challenged the occupants of motor car PGG 3506 after it was observed that they were attempting to evade the police as the patrol approached.
A chase ensued around the streets of Georgetown and the motor car PGG 3506 eventually stopped in Hadfield Street and five men exited the vehicle.
During efforts to arrest them, rounds were discharged and it was later learnt that Dameon Belgrave, 21, of Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, who was standing on the roadway in the vicinity of the White Castle Fish Shop, had been shot to his left side. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Three of the suspects have been arrested and are in police custody.
The ranks who were on the mobile patrol have been placed under close arrest as investigations continue.
Belgrave would have celebrated his 22nd birthday on Saturday. He was having a pre-birthday drink when he was killed.