A man who was arrested last Wednesday in connection with the murder of bus driver, Alvin Lorrimer remains in custody and the police are pursuing a second suspect who is a known character.
A reliable source informed this newspaper that the man was arrested after it is believed that he aided the perpetrator to escape after the incident. His motorcycle which bore no number plate was also impounded.
Lorrimer who was a former teacher and pastor of lot 184 Carter Street, Kara Kara, Linden died last Tuesday morning at Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), hours after he was shot at the Linden bus park, at Hadfield Street, George-town by two men.
The incident occurred around 9 pm, while Lorrimer was standing outside his minibus seeking passengers.
The police in a statement had said two men drove up on a motorcycle and one of them discharged rounds at Lorrimer and they drove away.
Lorrimer was hit to his chest and left foot and was subsequently admitted to the GPH, where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.
A vendor who sells some distance away from where Lorrimer was shot had told Stabroek News that she was still open for business when she heard a gunshot. “Before I could have get up to see what happen, I see he lay down on the road,” she related.
Another man, who identified himself as a bus conductor, said two men had attempted to rob Lorimer recently but failed.
