Minister requests firearms taken from security service in wake of Dazzell killing

Stephan Hope

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, has requested that all firearms be taken from OP Security Service following the fatal shooting that occurred in Dazzell, Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday.

Benn told Stabroek News last  evening that he requested the police to take into their possession all firearms from the OP Security Service.

Stephan Hope, 31, a security officer of Haslington, East Coast Demerara, and employed by OP Security Service, has been identified as the murder suspect. He  remains hospitalised in critical condition with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.