Two arrested over Pearl vigilante shooting

Seon Clarke

Two licensed firearm holders have been arrested as the investigation continues into the recent vigilante incident at Pearl, where Seon Clarke was shot to death and another man was beaten, according to acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine.

Clarke, 26, was shot and killed and his friend was beaten by residents at Pearl, East Bank Demerara, after the proprietor of a shop noticed two men acting suspiciously around his business.

The police had said in a statement that Clarke and his friend visited a grocery store and were allegedly behaving in a suspicious manner, prompting the owner of the business to run out to the road and raise an alarm. A police officer, who was passing at the time, responded to the alert and the men escaped into the surrounding bushes, it added.