The police are pursuing two suspects in the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter Arian Latchman, who were shot and killed during a robbery at their home last Thursday afternoon.
This is according to Commander of ‘C’ Division Calvin Brutus, who told Sunday Stabroek that up to yesterday afternoon, the suspects remained on the lam.
The attack occurred at the 58 Robert Street, Better Hope North, East Coast home of the Latchmans around 3.30 pm on Thursday.
Autopsies later revealed that Aaron died as a result of multiple gunshot inju-ries while Arian died from a single gunshot injury.
The Guyana Police Force had said that from preliminary investigations, the bandits confronted the elder Latchman as he exited his car. He had returned home just moments earlier.
It was revealed that from all indications, he put up a fight and was shot during the struggle. The bandits reportedly took a bag containing money and escaped in a waiting car.
Arian, neighbours said, was shot and killed in the upper flat of the home. It was her screams that alerted neighbours of the attack.
A resident on Friday told this newspaper that he was returning home and saw two men running along the Better Hope Community Centre Ground street.
The man explained that he initially thought they were in a fight but he later learnt they were a part of the fatal attack.
He said that he saw the men then jumping into a white car that was parked on the main road at the head of the Community Centre Ground street.
Based on his account, money fell as the men ran and a woman who was selling pastries picked up the cash.
The woman was taken into custody. Brutus said she has since been released on bail.
At the time of the attack only Arian and her father were at home.
