Cops did not shoot boy
-- Police

PELLETS from a shotgun, which did not belong to any Policeman, are what hit the 12-year-old boy in Agricola, East Bank Demerara Saturday night, when wanted man Anthony Heywood was killed in a confrontation with Police, the authorities said yesterday.

According to Police headquarters, the boy, Derwin Young, was hit during the crossfire by pellets from a shotgun.

The Police said no officer had a shotgun during the armed confrontation.

Further investigations revealed that the 12-gauge shotgun found on Heywood, called “John Kirby”, is that of the husband of Lavern Garraway Scott, who was murdered by gunmen in Agricola on February 26, 2006. The Police said the woman’s husband is a licensed firearm holder.

“Kirby”, 24, of Second Street, Agricola was shot and killed by police, after they came under gunfire when responding to a report.

The Police report said several shots struck the driver’s side of their vehicle, resulting in damage to the body of the vehicle and the windscreen, as the ranks took cover and returned fire.

It was during this confrontation that Heywood sustained gunshot injuries and died before receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Police said.

The others with Kirby fled the scene while continuing to shoot at the ranks, Police said.

A Police release said a 12-gauge shotgun, one matching cartridge and a number of small parcels containing marijuana and wraps for the purpose of smoking were found at the scene.

Police said Heywood was wanted in connection with the assassination of former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Other Crops and Livestock, Satyadeow Sawh, who was brutally gunned down on April 22, 2006, at his home. The minister’s brother Rajpat Sawh, 62, his sister Phulmattie Pesaud, 54, and security guard Curtis Robinson, 38, were also fatally wounded.

Heywood was also wanted in connection with the murder of the three MMC security guards, constables Semple, Dummett and Smartt, on February 26 last at the Two Brothers Petrol Station, Eccles, the murder of 12-year Kevin Browne at Agricola on March 18, 2006, and the murders of the five Kaieteur News pressmen on August 8, 2006.

He was also wanted in connection with several other criminal offences, including robbery under arms, Police said.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006