WHILE investigations into the slaying of designer and events promoter Trevor Rose continue, there is, at this point, no evidence to suggest a drug relationship in the execution-style killing.This is according to Crime Chief, Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, who spoke to the Guyana Chronicle on Thursday.

Persaud said that, at the moment, the investigations are taking two fronts, one is that the killing could have stemmed from the argument Rose’s driver had had with the driver of the other vehicle at the traffic light junction; and the other is the possibility that Rose’s shooting might have been triggered by some other issue the man would have had with person(s) sometime back, whatever that may have been.

This publication was able to have the Crime Chief confirm that the police are seeking two persons in connection with the killing, but he said investigators have not been able to locate them. Once located, Persaud added, investigators will get some of the answers they are looking for, and those answers should be able to shed major light on the motive behind Rose’s killing.

Trevor Rose was buried last Tuesday, even though the funeral service was held on Monday. The burial was postponed to the following day because the burial ground had been inundated.

Rose was gunned down two Sundays ago while in a taxi taking his girlfriend home. The taxi driver had reportedly told investigators that the driver of another car pulled alongside his car and opened fire on him after claiming that he was not comfortable with the way the taxi driver was driving.
However, unconfirmed reports have reached the Chronicle that the taxi driver is refuting claims that he had an argument with the gunman before the shooting.

It is being reported that as the car pulled up at the traffic light, the driver of the other car asked the taxi driver how he was driving like that, but before the driver could have uttered a word the man exited his car and began firing at the occupants in the taxi.
Written By Leroy Smith