A date was on Tuesday set for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against two men arraigned for the fatal shooting of taxi driver Kelvin Walters.
Rodrick Thomas and Devon Alleyne were both read a charge which alleged that they murdered Walters on January 22, 2019, at Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
During Tuesday’s court hearing before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, May 8 was set as the date when the PI is expected to commence.
Both accused will return to court at that time.
Police said Walters, who was travelling south along the eastern carriageway of the road in his car, PXX 1509, with his wife and child, was shot by a man on a motorcycle.
While in the vicinity of the Two Brothers Service Station, the police said, two men on the motorcycle turned in front of Walters’ vehicle and the pillion rider whipped out a handgun and shot him in the face.
Nevertheless, Walters managed to hit the suspects with his car. The two men fled on foot. The motorcycle and a firearm with 14 live rounds were left behind at the crime scene, where they were later recovered by the police.
The motive of the shooting remains unknown. However, Walters was a witness in the case of a grenade being found outside the offices of the Kaieteur News at Saffon Street, Charlestown, on June 4, 2016. Walters had testified in the preliminary inquiry into the charge against the accused in that crime. That matter is set to come up in the High Court later this year.
