THE police have their hands full, trying to solve several murders, which took place over the last four days.And according to Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum, they are looking to have them solved before the end of the year.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday, Blanhum said that already they have two persons in custody for murder, and their files are expected to be with the Director of Public Prosecution soon for advice, so that charges could be instituted.
Additionally, the police are also looking to lay their hands on two suspects, one for the shooting incident inside a minibus on the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Boxing Day, and the execution-style killing of a vendor at the Vendors’ Arcade on Boxing Night.
The police are working on a description for the man who executed the vendor, and have since reviewed surveillance camera footage from the area.
They are also working on identifying the man who was murdered. The unidentified minibus passenger was killed following an argument over the opening and closing of a window.
The police are said to be gathering information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect, but continue to survey surveillance footage said to have recorded the movements of the suspect after he committed the act. Two other persons were injured in that incident, as the suspect began shooting indiscriminately.
BARE ROOT INCIDENT
Over on the East Coast Demerara, the police there have gotten the results of a post mortem on 28-year-old Kevon George of Bare Root, who was stabbed by a fellow villager, who relatives accused of breaking and entering the home of George’s sister and carting off several items.
The result of the post mortem reveal that the man drowned in his own blood, which was caused by the incisive wound to the neck from a sharp object.
The suspect is reported to have told the police, after he turned himself in, that he had stabbed the man, but that it was in self-defense as the victim was assaulting him with a piece of wood.
One police source indicated that while the claim was “self-defence”, that claim would have to be communicated to his defence attorney and presented to the court, judge and jury.
The police intend to seek recommendations to institute a charge for the capital offence.

IN CUSTODY
Meanwhile, further up the East Coast at Mahaica, the police have in their custody a pensioner, who was arrested on Sunday for stabbing his nephew in the region of the heart and abdomen following an argument.
The suspect claimed that he was attacked by the deceased, who is also his nephew, and that the man struck him several times with a rolling pin, which caused him to retaliate by inflicting the deadly wounds.
With respect to that investigation, the police have since taken statements in the matter. That post mortem revealed that the 43-year-old died as a result of hemorrhage and shock caused by stab wounds to the chest and region of the heart.
That matter, too, is likely to engage the attention of the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecution this week, so that charges could be instituted before weekend.
OVER IN BERBICE
And in the Police ‘B’ Division, two men are now dead, and others injured after a drinking spree turned deadly on Sunday afternoon.
According to a police press statement, the men were imbibing at a bar at Manchester Village, Corentyne, Berbice when an argument ensued, which turned into a disorderly brawl involving the use of cutlasses and knives.
Crime Chief Blanhum said that based on his information, after the two men got into an argument, the other persons who were in the shop at the time attempted to part them and that resulted in them being injured.
It was during that same incident that Mark Simon (28) of Liverpool Village, Corentyne and Kempton Gray (23) of Alness, Corentyne received injuries about their bodies. They were both rushed to the hospital, where Mark Simons was pronounced dead on arrival and Kempton Gray passed away while receiving medical attention.
Those who also received injuries as a result of the incident were: Bhiron Robertson, Samuel Fraser, Gary Tyndall, all of the Corentyne Coast. Robertson and Fraser have been admitted to the hospital, while Tyndall was treated and sent away according to the police report.

By Leroy Smith