A PARTY that went on until 05:00 hrs on Saturday at Lot 23, D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown, ended in the murder of a man and the injury of others.
Dead is Anthony Havescome, called ‘Pandit’, a 40-year-old businessman of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The shooting took place at about 05:30 hrs by four suspects, all armed with handguns, and travelling in a black Toyota Premio motorcar.

Police Headquarters reported that the location where the murder took place is in the vicinity of V’s Delight, which is located on the southern side of the road on D’Urban Street. According to Keon Aaron, the 37-year-old proprietor of V’s Delight, he’d hosted an ‘All Black’ party for the second anniversary of his business at a wash bay opposite the business place.
Shortly after 05:00 hrs, a Police patrol went and instructed him to stop the party, which he did.

He said that while some people left the party, there were still a few others liming and drinking in front of his business. Aaron stated that while he was checking off his bar, he heard several loud explosions that sounded like gunshots, and, while checking, he saw a dark-coloured, heavily-tinted car speeding off in a western direction.
He then went over to his business place and observed several persons with what appeared to be blood on their bodies. As a result, with the assistance of other persons, he placed the men into different motorcars and escorted them to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

One of the persons, Havescome, reportedly died while receiving treatment. He’d sustained a gunshot wound to his right back below his shoulder blade.
The other injured persons are: Travis Ceres, a 25-year-old vendor of East La Penitence, who received what appears to be a graze to his right elbow and right abdomen; Destra Auther, a 33-year-old vendor of East La Penitence, who was shot in the lower left leg; Teon Allen, called ‘Spoil Child’, a 38-year-old unemployed resident of Sophia, who was shot to his left shoulder; Stanley Matthews, a 31-year-old resident of Turkeyen, who’d sustained a gunshot wound to his left hand and another to his left thigh; Lennox Wayne, called ‘Two Colours’, a 39-year-old security guard from Turkeyen, who was shot in his right thigh and right palm; and Lloyd Roberts, a 43-year-old gold miner of Golden Grove, EBD, who was shot to his right upper chest and left hip.

They were all admitted as patients at the GPHC and the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. Their condition is listed as serious but stable.

AT THE CRIME SCENE
The scene was processed and photographed by detectives, including a team from the Crime Laboratory (CID HQ). Twenty-nine (29) suspected 9mm spent shells, one (1) live suspected 9mm ammunition, four (4) pieces of metal fragments and six (6) projectiles were found at the scene.

A silver Toyota Allion motorcar bearing registration number PWW 2242, which is owned by a 30-year-old from Lot 23, D’Urban Street, Lodge, and a motorcar bearing registration number PAD 658, which were parked on the bridge of the premises, were examined, and it was observed that they both had two suspected bullet holes to the front windscreen.

At about 09:30hrs on Saturday, acting on information received, detectives went to Manatee Place, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, where they observed a black Toyota Premio motorcar (without number plate) parked on the eastern carriageway of Manatee Place, facing south. The vehicle was examined, and registration number PAC 8364 was seen engraved on the windscreens.
The vehicle was processed and photographed by the CID team, and eleven 9mm spent shells, along with one .223 spent shell, were found in its front and back seats. Two suspected bullet holes were also seen in the lower right back passenger door, and what appears to be a graze from a bullet to the left side back, just above the gas tank.

The CCTV cameras from this area will be reviewed. The vehicle was escorted to the Police Station, where it was lodged, pending investigation. The spent shells found at the scene and in the car were placed in separate evidence bags and taken to the ballistics section of the station to be examined.

The owner of the car, Coleen Burrowes, a 33-year-old businesswoman, was contacted and interviewed. She related that on Saturday morning, at about 04:00 hrs, she was driving her black Toyota Premio motorcar, #PAC 8364, east along D’Urban Street, Georgetown, in the company of a friend and two cousins. According to Burrowes, while at D’Urban and Victor Streets, she felt an urgent need to urinate, and as such, she stopped on D’Urban and Victor Streets, during which she was approached by two men on a white XR motorcycle (registration number unknown). The pillion rider dismounted the motorcycle, pointed a firearm at her, and demanded that she hand over the motorcar.

Being fearful for her life, she, along with the other occupants, exited the car, and the armed suspect entered it and drove north along Victor Street until he was out of her eyesight and made good his escape, while the motorcycle followed. She immediately went to the East La Penitence Police Station, where a report was made. The said area was canvassed for CCTV cameras, as investigations continue.