Three Detained in Guyana After Gunshots Fired at Home of Senior Government Minister

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police Monday said they had detained three people, and were searching for a fourth person, after gunshots had been fired at the residence of Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill, over the last weekend.

Juan Edghill’s home (Photo Stabroek Newspaper)“My wife was in the yard. A vehicle came through shooting…more than 15 spent shells were picked up,” Edghill said after the Saturday night shooting. He said his wife was not injured.

Police said that three persons were now assisting their investigations and that the shooter was a male who discharged the loaded firearm while he was in a black Mercedes Benz vehicle.

Police said that investigations revealed that there was a ‘social’ at the home of a 69-year old businessman, with several students who had written the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams. Among them being the 6-year-old son of the businessman, who had also written the CXC exams.

“According to eyewitness reports, a 15-year-old female student who was at the ‘social’ and the suspect were standing next to a black Mercedes Benz vehicle parked on the road, and they were hugging. Shortly after, the suspect entered the car and drove off at a fast rate. As the car was moving, the suspect pointed a handgun through the driver’s side window, discharged several rounds in the air, and continued to drive heading west until the vehicle disappeared,” the police said in a statement.

Police said when questioned, the 15-year-old female student refused to mention who the suspect was that she was with.