POPULAR costume designer and events promoter Trevor Rose, who was gunned down execution style two Sundays ago at the entrance of Eccles Housing Scheme, EBD, will be laid to rest today.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is still continuing its investigations into the slaying, even as it seeks to apprehend Rose’s killer or killers, who would also have been responsible for inflicting injuries on Rose’s female companion and the driver of the vehicle in which they were travelling when the shooting occurred.Rose’s body will today be open for viewing at the Merriam Funeral Home at Lime and Bent Streets from 11:30hrs to 12:30hrs. Thereafter, the cortege will proceed to the Olivet Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Durban Backlands, where tributes would last from 14:00hrs to 14:45hrs, followed by the Funeral Service from 15:00hrs to 16:30hrs.

Rose met his demise whilst accompanying his female companion home. Another vehicle blocked the path of the taxi in which they were travelling, and the driver of that vehicle exited and opened fire on Rose’s taxi, injuring that taxi driver and Rose’s female companion in the process.

Initial reports had suggested that Rose’s killing might have been a case of road rage, but that was soon dispelled when it became clear that Rose had suffered the worst of the gunman’s attack.

A police source indicated that Rose had seemed to be the gunman’s intended target, because he ensured that Rose had received most of his bullets fired.

The taxi driver told investigators that the shooter had accosted him about his driving when they pulled up at the traffic light; an argument ensued, and the man exited his vehicle and began opening fire on them.
Written By Leroy Smith