Police
were
last
night
questioning
two
close
associates
of
Leonard
Mahadeo,
who
was
gunned
down
Friday
night
at
Eccles,
East
Bank
Demerara
in
what
investigators
believe
was
a
drug-related
hit.
Dead
37
year-old
Leonard
Mahadeo
who
was
shot
execution
style
on
Friday
night.
The
two
men
are
being
questioned
by
detectives
at
the
Brickdam
Police
Station.
A
police
official
confirmed
that
an
unlicensed
Taurus
pistol
was
found
in
the
slain
man’s
car.
Assault
rifles,
property
of
the
Guyana
Defence
Force
Police
said
that
Mahadeo,
of
Diamond,
East
Bank
Demerara,
had
multiple
gunshot
wounds.
The
bullet
casings
at
the
scene
indicated
that
the
killers
used
assault
rifles.
Up
to
late
yesterday
relatives
of
the
slain
37-year-old
Diamond
resident
who
was
gunned
down
in
the
Soca
Paradise
Bar
on
Friday
evening
said
that
they
are
still
trying
to
come
up
with
a
motive
for
his
execution.
However,
they
described
the
act
as
cold
blooded
and
performed
by
heartless
persons.
Mahadeo’s
reputed
wife,
Jenny
Rambarran,
told
this
publication
from
her
Soesdyke
home
that
she
was
at
home
around
11:30
pm
Friday
when
she
received
a
call
about
the
shooting.
Rambarran
said
that
by
the
time
she
made
it
down
to
Eccles
she
was
barred
from
entering
the
nightspot
until
the
police
were
finished
doing
their
work.
“When
I
went
in
the
bar
I
saw
him
just
lying
there.
He
was
badly
damaged;
his
intestines
were
protruding
and
he
was
already
dead,”
Rambarran
recalled
as
she
sobbed.
The
woman
said
that
she
last
saw
Mahadeo
alive
earlier
on
Friday
evening
when
he
visited
her
and
their
four
children.
Rambarran
said
Mahadeo
appeared
normal
and
didn’t
mention
anything
about
having
any
problem
with
anyone.
The
woman
said
that
Mahadeo
who
had
recently
gone
into
mining
was
the
breadwinner
for
the
home
and
has
been
for
the
past
20
years.
She
said
that
Mahadeo’s
death
has
hit
the
family
really
hard
and
it
will
be
difficult
for
his
children.
Up
to
press
time
yesterday,
police
were
still
trying
to
come
up
with
a
possible
motive
for
the
execution
style
killing.
While
some
close
friends
said
he
had
no
enemies
and
are
unaware
of
a
motive
for
his
brutal
killing,
Mahadeo
had
been
the
target
of
gunmen
up
to
four
years
ago.
Back
in
2008,
Mahadeo
was
shot
in
the
chest,
right
shoulder
and
left
knee
by
an
armed
man
while
sitting
in
his
car
at
the
corner
of
Barr
Street
and
Stanley
Place,
Kitty
in
front
of
the
Bahama
Breeze
Bar.
It
was
reported
that
the
incident
was
an
execution
attempt.
Eyewitnesses
to
the
incident
had
reported
that
Mahadeo
had
gone
into
the
Bahama
Breeze
nightspot
and
had
bought
something
to
drink.
He
then
returned
to
his
car
with
the
beverage.
Shortly
after,
a
gunman,
who
was
standing
some
50
yards
away,
opened
fire
at
Mahadeo’s
vehicle
before
escaping.
Although
wounded,
Mahadeo
managed
to
exit
his
car
and
stagger
into
the
night
club.
Some
patrons
assisted
the
wounded
man
into
his
car
and
took
him
to
the
Woodlands
Hospital.
The
police
recovered
six
spent
shells
and
four
warheads
at
the
scene.
And
in
June
1996,
Mahadeo
was
charged
with
transporting
and
exporting
2.272
grammes
of
cocaine.
An
operative
from
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
testified
in
the
historic
local
case,
in
which
videotaped
evidence
was
also
tendered.
Last
Friday
night,
two
masked
gunmen
walked
into
the
Soca
Paradise
Bar
with
a
‘long
gun’
and
a
handgun
and
riddled
Mahadeo
who
was
sitting
at
a
table
with
a
friend.
Eyewitnesses
said
that
the
two
masked
men
after
riddling
Mahadeo
and
leaving
his
friend
unharmed,
calmly
walked
out
of
the
bar
and
made
good
their
escape.
There
are
reports
that
Mahadeo
may
have
been
somehow
linked
to
the
recent
discovery
of
two
haversacks
with
cocaine
which
were
found
in
the
compound
of
the
Cheddi
Jagan
International
Airport.
On
Sunday
last,
ranks
from
the
Police
Narcotics
Unit
found
the
bag
with
cocaine
totaling
10
kilograms.
Sunday,
March
18,
2012
