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CRIME Chief Seelall Persaud said, yesterday, that no arrests have yet been made for the murder of dominoes enthusiast Orin Joseph. The man was gunned down in front of his Lot 1222 Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown home, on Sunday night, during an electricity blackout.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law Enforcement) said that the wife of the deceased, Faye Joseph heard explosions and, when she went to enquire what had happened, she saw her mortally wounded husband lying on the road.
The well-known businessman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he succumbed while receiving treatment.
Persaud said Joseph was relieved of a gold chain and a gold band but no motive for the killing has been established.
A domino competition had just concluded at his home when the gunmen fired several shots and one hit Joseph in the abdomen before the shooters left the scene on a motorcycle.
Joseph had gone out of his yard to bring back his car from where he had taken it to accommodate the players under his house, when he was attacked by the two killers.
BLUE BIRD
The 52-year-old man, who was killed about 23:40 hrs, had been President of the Blue Bird Domino Club, as well as President of the Georgetown Domino Association.
Meanwhile, Persaud said two persons, a man and a woman are in custody, pending investigations into the murder of 70-year-old Frederick Thomas, of Friendship, East Coast Demerara, also on Monday.
Thomas was found on the stairway of Gaumont Hotel, in High Street, another part of Georgetown, with a stab wound to his chest at about 14:30 hrs.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at the GPH.
Initially, three women and two men were detained but the other were released.
In another murder probe, a post-mortem performed on the body of Millicent Cummings, 89, of Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, on April 15, by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, found that the cause of death was severe blunt trauma to the face.
The corpse had been found lying under an abandoned house at Cove and John, on April 12.
The woman had been bludgeoned to the face and sexually assaulted.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law Enforcement) said that the wife of the deceased, Faye Joseph heard explosions and, when she went to enquire what had happened, she saw her mortally wounded husband lying on the road.
The well-known businessman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he succumbed while receiving treatment.
Persaud said Joseph was relieved of a gold chain and a gold band but no motive for the killing has been established.
A domino competition had just concluded at his home when the gunmen fired several shots and one hit Joseph in the abdomen before the shooters left the scene on a motorcycle.
Joseph had gone out of his yard to bring back his car from where he had taken it to accommodate the players under his house, when he was attacked by the two killers.
BLUE BIRD
The 52-year-old man, who was killed about 23:40 hrs, had been President of the Blue Bird Domino Club, as well as President of the Georgetown Domino Association.
Meanwhile, Persaud said two persons, a man and a woman are in custody, pending investigations into the murder of 70-year-old Frederick Thomas, of Friendship, East Coast Demerara, also on Monday.
Thomas was found on the stairway of Gaumont Hotel, in High Street, another part of Georgetown, with a stab wound to his chest at about 14:30 hrs.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at the GPH.
Initially, three women and two men were detained but the other were released.
In another murder probe, a post-mortem performed on the body of Millicent Cummings, 89, of Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, on April 15, by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, found that the cause of death was severe blunt trauma to the face.
The corpse had been found lying under an abandoned house at Cove and John, on April 12.
The woman had been bludgeoned to the face and sexually assaulted.
