JASON Kurt, a 27-year-old accountant, was on Wednesday evening gunned down in the lower flat of his Jamoon Drive, Meadow Brook Gardens home by a lone gun-toting intruder.Kurt who was employed at the Rubis Service Station at Providence, East Bank Demerara, had just returned home with his girlfriend after a late night out. The shooting incident occurred at approximately 22.30hrs.
This newspaper understands that after Kurt and his girlfriend returned home, the young lady went to the upper flat of the building while he remained in the lower flat.
Shortly after she reportedly heard a loud explosion which sounded like a gunshot. She began calling out to the young man but got no response and that caused her to panic and she reportedly telephoned a close friend to come over to the house.
When the friend arrived the accountant was found on the floor battling for his life and his girlfriend was alerted. She came downstairs and they rushed him to the Balwant Singh Hospital where he died while receiving medical attention.
At the home the police in their investigations were told by the young lady that a Nintendo Game and the mobile phone of the dead man were missing. Kurt was also said to be the holder of a licensed .32 firearm and according to sources close to the investigation the weapon was also taken by the gunman.
The police were however able to recover a spent shell from a 9mm pistol. There was no evidence that the man had a chance to use his weapon to fend off his attacker.
The man’s girlfriend was being questioned thoroughly yesterday by investigators as they sought to come up with clues that may have caused him to be shot.
At least one eyewitness from the Meadow Brook area did confirm to police that after hearing the loud explosion and peering outside the window a lone male was seen jumping over the fence out of the victim’s yard and making good his escape up the road.
The police have since launched a hunt for the suspect as their investigations into the shooting continue.

 
By Leroy Smith