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Sep 08, 2015 News
Police have detained an East Ruimveldt resident in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Kellon Hinds, called ‘Baige,’ who was gunned down two Mondays ago.
The suspect, Shawn Barrow, was arrested yesterday while appearing in court for another offence. Kaieteur News understands that the offence related to the alleged discharging of a firearm. He is a relative of 24-year-old Sherwyn Barrow, who was gunned down last May in ‘Warlock’ East Ruimveldt.
Police believe that the killings of Hinds and Sherwyn Barrow resulted from a vendetta between two East Ruimveldt families.
Some of Kellon Hinds’ close relatives said that a feud started between Hinds and relatives of Barrow after the men robbed Hinds of a chain valued at $1.2M. That incident happened in June 2014.
“When he get robbed he identified one of the robbers as Sherwyn Barrow and then they started having major issues and they went to court,” a cousin recalled.
That matter went all the way to court but because threats were made on Hinds’ life and that of his family he opted not to attend court. Barrow was subsequently released.
But the feud escalated on May 6, when Sherwyn Barrow, the man accused of robbing Hinds, was killed in a drive-by shooting in ‘Warlock.’
“Is when this happen then this thing get more serious, because they start say how Kellon kill Sherwyn Barrow and dem will kill he and he whole family.”
Hinds went to Suriname, but his relatives claimed that individuals linked to the slain Barrow often threatened and even fired shots at their home on several occasions. Barrow was charged for shooting at the home and was in court yesterday because of this charge. Hinds, who returned to Guyana one week ago, was arrested the following day for the elder Barrow’s murder. He was released last week Monday on $40,000 station bail.
Hours later, he was dead. “When he get knock he run in the yard and fall down by the pipe then he run to the back and them had two who ambush he there, stand up over he and fire some more shots.” “Them brothers came and shoot up here a few times before and say that they will kill he and finally they did,” the slain man’s aunt said.
However, family members of the Barrows are refuting claims that their relative had anything to do with the incident. They said that there is evidence that Shawn Barrow was nowhere around when Hinds was shot and killed.
And they say that there can be no vendetta because they do not know the Hinds family. What they do know was that the boys were friends and that something went wrong between them.
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