Times of Suriname

Cops thwart plot to execute alleged night club shooter

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Police sources disclosed last night that they have foiled a plot to execute an individual who allegedly gunned down 19-year-old Ryan Sergeant at the Rio Night Club last September. The sources said that the plotters are linked to last weekend’s discovery of an AK-47 assault rifle, a 9mm pistol and 80 rounds of ammunition at a John Street, Campbellvi­lle residence. The media understand­s that the intended target is an individual known as ‘Whistle,’ who was reportedly questioned in relation to the Rio Night Club slaying. ‘Whistle’ is said to be employed as a bodyguard for a prominent gold dealer. Investigat­ors were up to late last night still questionin­g three individual­s in connection with the alleged execution plot. The police were reportedly tipped off about the plot. Last weekend , lawmen, acting on this informatio­n, conducted a raid at the Campbellvi­lle residence. They retrieved an AK 47 Rifle, a 9MM Pistol, three magazines and eighty live rounds and several cellular phones. They also detained three suspects, aged 29, 30 and 35, who hail from Campbellvi­lle, Charlestow­n and Linden. Eyewitness­es to the Rio Night Club shooting state that Ryan Sergeant and some friends were at the Queenstown club when they got into a fight with a group of men over a woman. The men were reportedly asked to leave the night spot, since they were disturbing other patrons. But while outside the club, an individual opened fire on Sergeant and his friends, who ran for cover. It was while the 19-year-old was running towards his car that he was shot and his friend, Jeffrey Ferrell, 35, sustained a gunshot wound to the neck. It is alleged that a man who was with Sergeant opened fire on the shooter and his friends but missed.

(Kaieteurne­ws.com)

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