Days after fatal Police shootings in Linden, a team of investigators from the Regional Security System (RSS) have arrived in Guyana to assist local authorities with the investigation into the incidents.
They are investigating the killings of Ronaldo Peters and Keon Fogenay.
The RSS team visited Linden as part of the investigations (Photo: GPF/ April 12, 2025)
The team’s arrival is in keeping with an assurance made by President Dr Irfaan Ali.
Police Headquarters on Saturday said the RSS team visited Linden as part of the investigations. They were accompanied by a team of investigators from the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).
A team from the Regional Security System (RSS) is in Guyana to investigate the Police shootings of Keon Fogenay and Ronaldo Peters (Photo: GPF/April 12, 2025)
The RSS team met and interacted with the victims families and the scenes of the shootings.
Peters, 21, was shot and killed by a Police Sergeant around 17:30hrs on April 7 in Linden.
Police, acting on information received went to Shabba bar in One Mile, Linden in search for Peters, who they said was wanted for rape.
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The shooting was captured on CCTV footage which shows that Peters was standing by the roadside in the company of a group of men, who were sitting. A heavily-tinted minibus then approached and men in white t-shirt and black pants emerged. Peters is seen fleeing from the scene and the policemen from the minibus chased after him. Seconds later, a policeman is seen dragging Peters by the neck and taking him to the vehicle.
Police Headquarters claimed that Peters was wanted for a rape that occurred sometime between 1st December 2024 and 31st January 2025. Peter’s aunt whom he lived with, identified as Mary Benjamin, confirmed that the Police had contacted her seeking Peter’s whereabouts for questioning, but she didn’t turn him in to the Police and neither did he surrender to Police.
The RSS team met and interacted with the victims families and the scenes of the shootings (Photo: GPF/April 12, 2024)
The ranks went to the location armed with service weapons. Police headquarters claimed the ranks “were fully dressed in uniform,” but the CCTV footage shows they were not.
Meanwhile, Fogenay, was killed when protests erupted in the town on Tuesday, April 8.
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