Dausette Mc Cammon, the man who allegedly shot and killed policeman Micah Cort two weeks ago at the Carib Soca monarch contest in New Amsterdam, was yesterday charged with murder and possession of a firearm and ammunition without licence.
On the night of February 11 Cort was gunned down at the height of the competition at the Esplanade ground, New Amsterdam causing pandemonium. A licensed firearm holder shot Mc Cammon several times as he was attempting to flee.
Cort, 27, of Eldorado Village, West Coast Berbice, after sustaining the gunshots succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital around 10.30 am the next day. Since then, Mc Cammon has been under police guard at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
Several weeks prior to the killing, Mc Cammon was shot in his jaw while at a wake in New Amsterdam in what is believed to have been an execution attempt. The subsequent shooting is believed to be linked to that incident.
