Two detained for taxi driver’s murder

Nov 26, 2012 News

Police have detained two men in connection with the murder of taxi driver Omar Harper who was stabbed to death in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara on Saturday night while going to the aid of a woman who was attacked by robbers.
Kaieteur News understands that the suspects were apprehended shortly after Harper’s death.

Dead: Omar Harper

Reports are that the 32-year-old Trooper Taxi Service driver was outside his Cummings Lodge residence washing his car when a woman raised alarm and indicated that she had been robbed.
The incident occurred in Fifth Field, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara at around 18:30 hrs .
This newspaper understands that she showed Harper the direction in which the robbers, who were on a bicycle, had fled, and he drove behind the men until he reached a bridge which he could not traverse.
Harper then left his car and continued the chase on foot.
However, reports are that the two robbers stopped after Harper indicated that he recognized them.
The one who was being towed reportedly turned back and stabbed Harper in the abdomen.
The Good Samaritan collapsed and was taken to Trooper Taxi Service by villagers. He was then rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC.) He succumbed to his injuries while being prepared to undergo surgery.
Kaieteur News understands that Shafiek Harper, one of the man’s brothers, received information about the whereabouts of his brother’s killers and notified the police.
The two suspects were nabbed in separate locations in Cummings Lodge. This newspaper understands that they are in police custody at the Turkeyen Police Station. They were reportedly positively identified by the victim of the robbery.