FOLLOWING the execution attempt on Otis Grant, an ex-member of the disbanded Target Special Squad(TSS) on Mashramani morning, Crime Chief Leslie James said he (Grant) was not under surveillance by the police and he is gainfully employed with a private security firm. The licensed firearm which Grant had in his possession and which belongs to the company, has been lodged pending investigations.

Grant,39,of Beterverwagting,East Coast Demerara, was shot and injured when two men opened fire on him while he was seated in a car on Regent Street around 05:15hrs on Monday morning.He is now hospitalised at a private institution.

The gunmen fled after Grant exited the vehicle and traded bullets with them. They reportedly fled on foot,eastward into Shiv Chanderpaul Drive where a car was awaiting them.

James said that Grant was shot to the abdomen, shoulder and both eyes and has since been interviewed by the police.No one has as yet been arrested.

Grant is one of several members of the TSS who had been dismissed or interdicted for various acts of misconduct during the tenure of former Police Commissioner,Winston Felix.
Additionally,Grant had been detained by police for questioning in connection with the murder of the elderly Clementine Parris-Fiedtkou,who had resided at Lot 42 Robb Street,Bourda.
According to reports,on the night of June 30,2011, two men went to the woman’s home and on meeting her brother outside,enquired for her.Hearing the men’s enquiries,the woman stepped outside,only to be cut down in a hail of bullets.It was believed that Parris-Fiedtkou was killed in connection with a dispute over the property she had been occupying and which was the subject of a protracted court battle.