| As police continue their investigations into the execution of Agricola shopkeeper, Randy Persaud, information has emerged that the killer was reportedly part of a notorious criminal gang during the crime wave of 2002.Dead: Randy “Billo” PersaudPersaud, called ‘Billo’, was shot multiple times at close range as he sat on a log with two relatives outside his Lot 83 Agricola home. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he succumbed, with his mother and other relatives at his side.Eyewitnesses identified the alleged killer as an Agricola resident, known only as Jamel. The suspect reportedly had a dispute with a prison officer who was a friend of Persaud’s.Relatives alleged that the shopkeeper and his friend survived a similar execution attempt last Sunday while travelling in a car in Brutus Street,Nike Air Max 1 Womens Sale, Agricola. The suspect is said to be a sibling of a notorious gunman who was at the centre of the unprecedented crime wave that began with the infamous 2002 Camp Street jailbreak.A cousin of the slain man told Kaieteur News that he was sitting with Persaud outside the victim’s shop, when a man in a hooded garment walked up to them. He said that the individual said: “Boy, you,” before kicking Persaud into a ditch. The man,Cheap Air Max 97 Trainers, who had a handgun,Cheap Air Force 1, then riddled Persaud as he lay helpless in the ditch. According to the eyewitness, the gunman then calmly walked further north, down Second Street.Amanda Persaud,Nike Air Max 2018, an aunt of the slain man, said that she was watching television when she heard several gunshots.“I run into my verandah and I see this man shooting more bullets into my nephew.” She said that the young man was still alive when relatives put him in a vehicle. “His last words were ‘mommy’, but then he went into unconsciousness,Air Max 97 Undefeated White,” the distraught aunt recalled.His mother, Debbie Persaud,Nike Air Max 2018 Mens Shoes, also recalled hearing gunshots and running outside to see her son lying on the ground. “He was lying on the ground and saying ‘ow mammy…ow mammy…”Some relatives insisted that Persaud had no dispute with anyone and revealed that he only returned from Suriname about a week ago.But one relative suggested that the killing stemmed from last Sunday’s incident in which the suspect and others were shot at in the car in which Persaud and his prison officer friend were travelling after Mashramani celebrations. Following that incident, police reportedly went into Agricola and arrested several other youths. The relatives believe that the alleged killer may have been incensed by the arrest as well.No arrests have been made, but police yesterday took statements from a few of Persaud’s relatives.Twenty-eight people have now been slain for the year. There have been seven execution style killings, including one on Tuesday night which claimed the life of social activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. |
