POLICE are investigating the alleged murder of Delon Josiah, called Milo, a 37-year-old taxi driver attached to the 007 Taxi Service.

According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the incident occurred around 21:45 hrs on Saturday at the victim’s residence at Lot 625 Perseverance, East Bank Demerara.
Enquiries so far revealed that Josiah was sleeping inside, while his wife, Nicosc McDonald Josiah, a 34-year-old Supervisor at Teleperformance, was at the front door consuming alcoholic beverages with a female friend, when the two armed perpetrators confronted them.

On foot, the men arrived from the yard’s eastern and western sides. The men who were fully masked and armed with handguns, asked for Josiah.
“They then led both females inside the house and began searching for Delon. One of the perpetrators opened the bedroom door where Delon Josiah was, and both opened fire on him,” the police said.

The men then made good their escape through the eastern side of the yard. When the police visited, the body was lying in a pool of blood.
The scene was photographed and processed, and four .40 calibre spent shells, four .9MM spent shells, four metal fragments, and three bullets were recovered.

The body was examined, and injuries were seen on the right side foot, left underarm, left temple, and right side ear.
Several people were contacted and interviewed, and the area was canvassed for closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras. Police confirmed that investigations are ongoing.