Police have issued wanted bulletins for the two policemen accused of murdering teenager Shaquille Grant, after they failed to appear in court to formally face the charge.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Lance Corporal Warren Blue and Special Constable Jamal Lewis are being urged to contact the police with the information.
On Tuesday, Constable Terrence Wallace was the only one of the three to be arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for Grant’s murder.
It is alleged that on September 11, 2012, the three policemen, who were on an operation in the community observed some young men under a shed in a yard and proceeded towards them. Grant, 17, was shot some time later.
The killing of Grant, of Lot 72 ‘BB’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was met with outrage in Agricola, as eyewitnesses said one officer was seen standing over the teen as he fired bullets into his body.
Police noted yesterday that Blue and Lewis failed to appear in court to answer the charge and consequently arrest warrants have been issued for them by the court.
The bulletin described Blue as being of African descent, with a height of 171 centimetres, of brown complexion and of medium build. Police gave his last known address as Lot 30 Second Street, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. Police said Lewis is also of African descent, with a height of 173.7 centimetres, thin build, and his last known address was Lot 100 South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the policemen is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 226-1326, 225-2227, 227-4656, 225-8196, 225-6411, 911 or at the nearest police station, the police said, while adding that all information will be treated with the strictest confidence.
