THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued a wanted bulletin for Lenroy Michael Forde, the suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Odinga Anthony Yearwood, who was shot at Drysdale Street, Charlestown, on Wednesday evening. Yearwood was shot a short distance away from his Lot 2 Drysdale Street house, by a suspect who was initially identified as an individual who goes by the alias “Biggie.” According to reports from the police, the shooting occurred after an altercation which was initiated allegedly when Yearwood approached the suspect with allegations of a robbery that the he committed on a friend of his.
According to Yearwood’s aunt, Maxine Clarke, she was made to understand that the alleged robbery occurred last February.
“The individual that kill him, he did a robbery around Mash Day, but the person that he robbed is my nephew friend. So, basically from what we grasp is that they had a confrontation about it,” she said.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle on Thursday, Yearwood’s mother, Bonita Broomes, who does not reside in Guyana, said she received the news of her son’s demise at approximately 20:40 hours on Wednesday evening, when she was contacted by a family member.
“So far, I was made to understand that he [Yearwood] and the individual had a lil exchange in words and when my son turned his back, he shot him,” she told this publication.
Also speaking with the Guyana Chronicle was Yearwood’s grandmother, Cheryl Adams, who said the shooting has left her in shock, as she could not believe that the suspect would resort to such an act. “They weren’t friends but they grow up in Drysdale [Street] together. I didn’t expect that from him [suspect], whatever misunderstanding they had they could’ve sort it out better,” Adams lamented.

Adams was at home at the time when the shooting occurred, and recalled the moment she discovered her grandson had been shot.
“I was at home in my room when I heard the shot firing, and I heard somebody saying ‘Is Odingo! Is Odingo!’ I ran outside and see he lie down on the road, dead, and I started to cry. The police took a while before they came. When the police came, they took over and everybody had to back off,” Adams related.
She said that her grandson will be missed dearly by his family.
“He would be very much missed in spite of his attitude and behaviour. Odinga was a nice person. He was friendly, but he was very passionate too. He could get along with anybody, but he doesn’t like to see unfairness,” Adams said.