Peter Anthony Ogle, one of the three men killed by police during what they have called an attempted robbery at the Prashad Nagar residence of a popular Bartica businessman, sustained multiple gunshot wounds, according to family members, who said he had previously told them that police were pursuing him.
Ogle, called ‘Skin teeth,’ 46, of Bartica, Leon Gittens, called ‘Cow,’ 24, of Albouys-town and Quincy Alexander, called ‘Mac,’ 33, of Meadow Brook Gardens were shot dead on Wednesday at the Lot 93 Premniranjan Place residence, where police said they went to commit a robbery and traded shots with lawmen who confronted them. The police’s account has, however, been challenged by other persons at the scene.
Stabroek News has since learnt that the police force’s Office of Professional Res-ponsibility (OPR) would be conducting an investigation, since ranks played a part in the death of the men. A police official explained that this is the usual process once there is shooting involving police.
When Stabroek News arrived at the morgue, family members for all three men said that the post-mortem examinations were postponed until next Monday because the hospital’s freezer had broken down. The bodies are now at the Lyken’s Funeral home.
But Ogle’s upset relatives did tell Stabroek News that when they arrived at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s mortuary for a scheduled post-mortem examination, it was revealed to them that he was shot multiple times in the head, torso, arms and legs.
Ogle’s mother, Sandrine Harris, said that she last saw him a little before Christmas, when he was staying with her at her Bartica residence.
The grieving woman related that her son had told her that he had a few “run-ins” with the law and that it was his belief that members of the police force were after him.
He had appeared before the courts on several occasions, she said, but he had never been convicted. “He seh he come fuh cool off,” Harris explained, while adding that during his stay in Bartica Ogle worked as a construction worker at various sites.
He was, however, forced to return to the city after work “got slow.”
“He seh mommy is
