Two weeks have passed since local police have made a request through Interpol for information on the fatal shooting of a Guyanese-born father and son in Venezuela but to date nothing has been forthcoming, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.
Persaud on Tuesday said that the police force has heard nothing about the request for information that was made through Interpol on the deaths of Orlando Fitzgerald, 52, and his son Jesse, 17, who were shot dead on October 3, reportedly by Venezuelan soldiers after they refused to stop at a checkpoint. Reports suggest that when warning shots were fired at their boat by the soldiers, they returned fire. There were also reports that two other men were travelling in the boat with the father and son when the shooting occurred near the border that separates the two countries.
Marlyn Allick, wife of Orlando and mother of Jesse has strenuously denied reports that they were robbers, arguing that the
