THE 25-year-old main suspect fingered in the murder of 34-year-old Kelvin Walters, who was shot and killed on January 22, 2019, during an alleged execution at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, is still hospitalised.

On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, a senior police officer confirmed to the Guyana Chronicle that the alleged main suspect, Devon Allen of Alboystown, was still being kept under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for a broken leg, among other serious injuries.

Allen, upon his release from the hospital, will be placed before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the capital office of murder.
On Friday, February 8, 2019, Rodrick Thomas, called “Roger”, a 28-year-old security officer, was brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for Walters’ murder. He was remanded to prison until February 15, 2019.

Both Allen and Thomas had suffered from broken legs and were nabbed by the police while receiving treatment at a private city hospital. However, Allen’s injuries were said to be more serious.

According to reports, on the day in question, Walters was travelling in his motor car along the East Bank Demerara, heading south, when two men on a motorcycle rode up alongside his car.

There was some form of exchange and the men then rode up in front of the car and blocked its path. At the time of the incident, Walters’ reputed wife, Roxanne Henry, and a five-year-old were in the vehicle.

Walters, according to information, drove his vehicle into the motorcycle, but the two men took evasive action. The car rolled over the motorcycle, but the pillion rider got up and opened fire on Walters. He was shot to the mouth, according to eyewitnesses.
As a result, Walters lost control of the vehicle which then slammed into the median. Henry also suffered injuries.

Police sources said that the men then fled the scene on foot into a nearby village, leaving behind a 9MM pistol and 14 matching live rounds of ammunition.
According to reports, Walters might have been a key witness in an on-going matter pertaining to a grenade attack on the Kaieteur News in 2016. In that incident, the grenade failed to explode.