FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Mark McLean, called “Boogie”, was, on April 4, shot and killed by a police constable who is attached to the Force’s Intelligence Unit.

The police are alleging that McLean of Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was shot by the constable during an alleged robbery, on the day in question.

According to a police report, about 18:15hrs, on April 4, the police constable and three other males were at Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown, seated under a shed playing cards.

At that time, it is alleged that McLean rode up on a bicycle and stopped about five feet before the shed. He dismounted the bicycle, drew a pistol from his pants waist and pointed same at the said four men, demanding the gold chains they were wearing around their necks.

However, when he turned to the constable, the law man drew his service firearm (a taurus pistol) and discharged four rounds at McLean.

The police were alerted, and, upon arrival, they observed the man lying motionless on the ground and a beretta 9 mm pistol next to him.

He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The 9 mm beretta pistol # PIE 24 2 Z was examined. The police have managed to retrieve statements from the three men including one from the cousin of the deceased, who also told the court that McLean was armed with a gun.

However, the relatives of the dead man are claiming that there is a cover-up by the police and are calling on the relevant authorities for justice.

The family explained that they are dissatisfied and frustrated at the way in which the police are handling the investigation. They also claimed that they have audio and video footage of the incident, which indicate that McLean was wrongfully shot by the police.

“He was murdered! Boogie had his troubled past but he won’t rob nobody… everybody in the village knows him and would say the same thing,” a relative told Guyana Chronicle.

In 2019, McLean was arrested and charged for cannabis trafficking. He was allegedly nabbed with 211 grams of cannabis inside his house.

The relative noted that the police are covering up for its own since McLean and the police constable had an old grievance.

It is also alleged that McLean had dated a relative of the police constable.