Police have begun questioning Teon Allen about the recent murder of his girlfriend in order to determine whether he may have been involved.
Allen, a former policeman known as ‘Spoil Child,’ was also rushed to a hospital on the night his girlfriend was fatally shot as he too was wounded.
Regional Commander Hugh Winter told Stabroek News that Allen was only discharged from the hospital last Friday and was immediately taken in for questioning.
Winter said that to his knowledge the motive of the shooting has not been established but investigators are probing.
Allen’s girlfriend, Collissa Hunte, 28, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, sustained a gunshot injury in her chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Mackenzie Public Hospital.
Winter had said that a gun was found in the house occupied by Hunte and there were several bullet holes inside of the house, where the couple was found. Allen, he said, suffered an injury to his upper back as a result of the shooting.
Allen has had several brushes with the law in recent years.
Allen was in December faced with four charges, including shooting at a lawman, stemming from a shootout with the police at Houston. He had also been wounded during that encounter.
In October, he was the target of a shooting at La Penitence Market. Two men have since been charged with trying to kill him.
In September, police had issued a wanted bulletin for Allen in connection with the attempted murder of two women, Denise Grant and Tiffany McDeth. He subsequently surrendered and faced a charge for allegedly discharging a loaded firearm. He was later released on bail.
In August, 2017, Allen was charged with harbouring wanted men Mark Royden Williams and Uree Varswyck – both of whom had escaped from the Camp Street Prison on July 9, 2017.
In January of the same year, Allen was among three men who were charged with the illegal possession of an AK-47 and matching ammunition. They were taken into custody after the items were found by the police during a raid at a John Street, Campbellville house.
