RETIRED Major General of the Guyana Defense Force, Joseph Singh, yesterday told hundreds seated in an Albouystown church and those standing outside the building and on the streets that the persons who shot and killed Courtney Crum-Ewing did not have the courage to face him.He made the assertion pointing the decision of the shooters to approach the man from behind, opening fire on him. According to Singh, Crum-Ewing had his political preference and that was his democratic right.

The former army head went on to say that the shooting of the father of three, who also had served the army, was a calculated act of cold-blooded murder of a son, sibling, and father.
In calling for the police to bring the killers to justice, Singh said that it would be naïve of anyone not to perceive that the murder of Crum-Ewing as somehow linked to his protest activity and his public advocacy in Carmichael Street.
Opposition Leader David Granger was also present at the funeral and both called for peace and for persons to respond to the hurt that they feel by going out in their numbers to the polls on Election Day. (Leroy Smith)