The police are still hunting the men who gunned down Mark Anthony in North Ruimveldt on Thursday night.
Anthony, called ‘QQ”, of Lot 1238 Canje Pheasant Lane, South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, was reportedly hanging out with his friends around 8:30 PM under a shed when he was gunned down.
Anthony sustained several gunshot wounds about his body and was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to the reports, he was confronted by two gunmen who fired several shots in his direction. Upon hearing the gunshots the man tried to escape through a shortcut but was subsequently chased by the men who continued firing at him. He then ran into a yard and jumped over a fence into an abandoned yard where he collapsed. The gunmen then made good their escape.
When Stabroek News spoke with Anthony’s mother yesterday, she said from what had been related to her, no one has since been held for the killing even though the identities of the men are known. The woman also said that while it had been suggested that the attack might have been gun-related, it was not true. She said that from what she understands, Anthony and one of the men had a “talking” before and the man had threatened to kill him.
“He friends seh that they never expect the boy to do that too. It wasn’t anything big and everyone is exaggerating it,” she said.
Anthony was one of four men who were charged last year December with illegal possession of guns and ammunition.
Anthony, Andrew Davis-Escott, Brian Escott and Lance Corporal Aaron Eastman were accused of carrying an unlicensed sawn-off pump action shotgun with matching rounds and an unlicensed .32 revolver with matching rounds, on December 5th, 2015, at Robb Street. The matter was tried in a city court and in April this year Anthony was one of the two accused who were freed of the charges due to insufficient evidence.
