RELATIVES of Rayburn Harvey, 29, of Lot 156 Non Pareil Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, who was gunned down on Tuesday night, said he had an old disagreement with a known man.
The victim had been on his way home from the wake of a relative, his aunt, Oneta Harvey, with whom he resided, told the Guyana Chronicle.
She said she last saw him at the house where the wake was being held, for her reputed husband, at Rasville, another city ward.
She added that prior to his going there, he had been sitting in front of their house by the roadside stand she operates drinking Guinness with some friends from the neighbourhood.
This newspaper was told that Harvey had a feud with a man sometime ago and he was chopped to the face and injured and they are of the view that same man may be responsible for his murder.
The Albouystown relatives were awaiting the arrival of his mother, who lives on the West Coast of Demerara and said that Harvey was the father of a one month old baby.
Police reported that, about 23:45 hrs on November 12, Harvey was on the roadway at Walker Terrace, East La Penitence, when a man rode up on a motorcycle and discharged several shots at him and escaped.
Harvey was struck about his body and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHP) where he succumbed to his injuries.
Investigations into his killing are in progress.
Gunning down
Harvey was freed of murder by a High Court in March 2012 when he had been accused of gunning down Samantha Belle, on March 18, 2006 along Vlissengen Road in the vicinity of St. Sidwell’s School.
The case was thrown out because of inconsistencies between a witness statement and evidence in the courtroom.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, about 00:10 hrs yesterday, Patrick Forbes, 36, of Lot 186 Lance Gibbs Street, was among a group of persons on Orange Walk, Bourda, also in Georgetown, when shots were discharged in their direction.
Forbes was wounded in his abdomen and right thigh and has been admitted to the Balwant Singh Hospital. Later yesterday, a relative said his condition is critical but stable but was clueless as to why he had been shot.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said a group of men were in a shop playing dominoes and when Forbes got up he was shot multiple times.
Persons heard the shots but did not see the shooter and that incident is also being investigated.