A 25-year-old Guyanese, who migrated for an employment opportunity, was fatally shot on Thursday while walking along a roadway in Beetham Gardens, Trinidad.
A Trinidad Express report yesterday said that Samuel De Souza became Trinidad’s “430th murder victim [Thursday] morning, after he was shot dead while walking along the roadway at Phase Four Beetham Gardens”.
Trinidad police, according to the article, said that at around 7.10 am that day De Souza, a carpenter, “was shot once in the back of the head by a lone gunman as he was walking near his home. The bullet exited through his face. Investigators said they believed De Souza was on his way to work, as a bag containing carpentry tools was found next to his body.”
De Souza, Trinidad police also said, was not known to have had any run-ins with the law. Investigators have also said no motive had been established for De Souza’s killing up to Thursday evening.
However, the Trinidad Express article stated one Beetham Gardens resident said De Souza may have been linked to a double murder in Diego Martin, Trinidad on Wednesday, in which two men, Wendell Rogers and Joel Medina were shot dead as they were driving along Jean Avenue.
When contacted yesterday a woman, who told Stabroek News De Souza was a distant cousin, said that she’d discovered yesterday that the man had been murdered but had not been informed of any details surrounding the man’s death. She further said that she was the man’s closest relative in Guyana and the others lived abroad.
“I only just learnt of his [De Souza’s] death and I can’t tell you anything about it because I was not informed of details,” the woman, who requested her name not by published, said. “I am his closest relative here…he has an aunt but she left the country and there is no one else.”
Meanwhile, a senior police source said the Guyana Police Force had not been informed of De Souza’s death by their counterparts in Trinidad.
Another hard working Guyanese shot and killed. If the economy was better in Guyana I’m sure he would have stayed. Is the Guyana Government reading the news. And those who think the PPP is better than the PNC, like I said, there have been more killings and drugs going down with Guyanese at home and abroad since this current Party ultimately took over. It’s just gone from bad to worse! I think these party members are too old, meaning their brains are exhausted. They need to recruit some fresh minds from our local University. (UG) before they too flee the country to take up jobs in other countries. I noticed these so called Ministers are in their 60’s and should be retired. Guyana, we need some young fresh minds to run the country.
I thing you should go back and help run things..
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. MY SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY
broome, Guyanese people don’t want fresh minds otherwise they would save their innocent young people from dying tragically every day. When a friend of mine went down to Guyana in the early 2000 and suggested some new innovative ideas, Guyanese relatives and friends uttered “eh eh, is wah we gat hay.” So it seem that they like the wild west living and attitude. Only they can clean up their mess! All I can do is make suggestions from afar just like everyone else overseas and save my life and wish them all the best trying to survive. I spent a very short time of my life in Guyana and grew up overseas and all my immediate family reside overseas as well and I haven’t been back in many years to visit so I don’t miss Guyana like most of you bloggers who spent your young life there and remember all the good times. I just wish the country was thriving economically for those in Guyana and for those who want to return to enjoy their retirement in the place they knew and loved. God Bless Guyana!