One of the six suspects, who was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the viral Facebook Live video involving wanted murder suspect Jamal Bourne, also known as “Skinny,” has provided investigators with an account of what transpired.
According to the suspect, after Bourne shot himself during the Facebook live, they transported his body to an area along with his personal belongings and set it ablaze.
The following day, they observed that the body had not been completely burned. As a result, they disposed of the remains in a nearby creek.
On Wednesday morning, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) reported that an operation was conducted between 19:00hrs and 23:30hrs on Tuesday by ranks from Regional Divisions Three and 10, which led to the discovery of a wooden structure hidden in dense vegetation at Three Miles, Wisroc, Linden.
A search of the structure uncovered a black-and-silver Taurus pistol with its serial number filed off, concealed under a mattress, along with six live .32 rounds of ammunition.
At the time of the raid, six people were arrested. Those held were an 18-year-old male farmer of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke–Linden Highway; an 18-year-old female of Bell West Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara; a 20-year-old male labourer of Beaver Street, North Ruimveldt; a 20-year-old male of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara; a 21-year-old female of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara; and a 26-year-old male farmer of Church Street, Georgetown.
On Sunday, January 18, Bourne appeared to show himself inflicting a gunshot wound during a Facebook Live broadcast.
In the same recording, Bourne was seen in the company of other individuals while allegedly displaying a cache of suspected firearms, the GPF had said. The video has since been removed from the page on which it was originally posted.
