POLICE are on the hunt for two suspects, ‘Big John’ and ‘Brainer,’ in connection with the killing of 21-year-old Jaleel Leow, a mechanic of Dennis Street, Campbellville.
Reports are that Leow was gunned down purportedly by two men in the vicinity of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
Brandon Smith, a 23-year-old mechanic of ‘B’ Field Sophia, who, along with a female shopkeeper and two other persons was in the company of Leow, was also injured during the ordeal.
According to information from the Police, Leow and the other persons were socializing, on Monday evening, when the two suspects, who were riding bicycles, approached them.
Both suspects dismounted and one of them, who was armed with two cutlasses, approached the shopkeeper and said: “Is problem you want.”
She responded in the negative and everyone she was socialising with allegedly walked away into her yard which was nearby.
The other suspect then pulled out a handgun from his pants waist and walked up to Leow, who was walking into the yard, and discharged two rounds, which hit the mechanic to his right upper back, causing him to fall to the ground.
The gunman discharged two more rounds at Leow, hitting him to the chest, before he got up and ran to the back of the yard where he collapsed.
The shooter then fired another shot at Smith who was standing at the roadside. Although the bullet purportedly grazed his right upper hand, he managed to flee the scene.
The shooter and his accomplice then mounted their bicycles and made good their escape.
Leow and Brandon were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where Leow was pronounced dead.
The body is currently at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination. Smith was treated and sent away. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.