THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues to appeal to citizens to assist sleuths with information which will aid in the investigation of Delicious Chinese Restaurant cashier, Debra Blackman, who was killed on August 23, 2014 by a lone gunman, who shot her in the head at close range.

Crime Chief Leslie James told this publication yesterday since they issued a wanted bulletin for a suspect on September 6, 2014, they have arrested more than two persons, who were later released; as such, they are seeking information from members of the public.

He said, “There is always someone out there who saw or knows something which I believe will aid in the probe and we ask that they assist us in bringing the perpetrator to justice.”

The GPF in a press release, on September 6 said they are seeking the assistance of members of the public in identifying the person whose image is displayed below.
The images show the young man at the cashier counter in a brief conversation with Blackman just before he pulled out a gun and pushed his hand through the grillwork at the cashier’s cage and fatally shot her.
The GPF said anyone with information that may lead to his identification and possible location is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 225-6411, 225-2227, 227-1149, 226-7065, 225-8196, 911, or the nearest police station. All information will be treated with strict confidentiality.
Debra Blackman, 54, was in the cashier’s cage at her place of work, Delicious Chinese Restaurant on D’urban Street, Georgetown, when two men arrived on a Jailing motorcycle and one of them entered the restaurant; shortly after, there was a loud explosion and the man who entered the restaurant was seen running to the very motorcycle before it sped off.

During Blackman’s 14 years of service to the eating house, there have been several armed robberies but no motive for the killing has yet been established; no cash was taken that day when the gunman entered the restaurant and fatally shot her.

(By Michel Outridge)