…was run over by car of now deceased

POLICE might be a step closer to finding the second suspect in Tuesday evening’s killing of

34-year-old Kelvin Walters who was shot in the mouth by one of two men who rode up on a motorcycle next to him, as he and his family were driving along the McDoom, East Bank Demerara Public Road.

Devon Williams, one of the suspects, was caught by the police after he checked into an emergency room at a private city hospital. A particular posture, which is standard at health facilities across the country, made possible the man’s apprehension and his subsequent detention. He was badly injured on Tuesday night after Walters ran his car over the motorcycle that he, (Williams) and his accomplice were on when they blocked his path.

The police now are seeking to ascertain the real motive behind the shooting of the man who succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was rushed after being shot. According to reports, Walters might have been key to an ongoing matter pertaining to a grenade attack on the Kaieteur News some two years back. In that incident, the grenade failed to explode.

Media reports in other sections indicated that Williams is said to be a relative of one of the men who is before the courts for the attack. Walters on the other hand, who was reportedly in a house when the plot was hatched and instruction passed for the tossing of the grenade, was identified as a key witness for the state in the matter. On Wednesday, when the Guyana Chronicle visited the home of the dead man’s parents, his father indicated that he heard of the incident last Tuesday night after it went viral on social media. The man said that his son made a large withdrawal from a city bank on Tuesday, because his car installments were due and the monies were to cover that expense. He could not say if at the time of his son’s shooting he still had the money in his possession or had already made the payment to the dealer. Further, on the issue of his son being a state witness in the grenade attack case, the man said that he was not aware that his son was part of any ongoing matter more so to be sitting in as a state witness in any matter.

Several other persons who are said to have association with the family stated that they were only aware that the 34-year-old was employed as a security guard and was only made aware that he had registered his vehicle in a taxi service also.

The dead man’s reputed wife, Roxanne Henry, 44 and their five-year-old daughter were in the vehicle when the attack took place. Henry suffered a broken leg, while the child escaped unhurt. The family was heading to their Parfait Harmonie home, according to a relative who spoke with the Guyana Chronicle. After Walters was shot, he drove his car into the motorcycle and then slammed into the mediam after losing consciousness. Over at the Providence Police Station where the vehicle was lodged, the car could be seen with damage to its right side.