Devin “Country” Wilson, a suspect in the abduction and murder of Central businessman Julian Moonsammy, was killed by police on Sunday night after he allegedly shot at them as they were searching for him.
Police reports are that around 8.30 pm, officers from the North Eastern Division Task Force received information in relation to Moonsammy’s killing and went to Wilson’s home off Laventille Road, San Juan, in an area known as Pepper Hill.
While walking through a bushy area, police said they saw Wilson, 37, fleeing his home and they chased after him.
Wilson reportedly fired at the officers and they returned fire, injuring him. He was taken to the nearby Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex Hospital in Mt Hope where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police recovered a revolver at the scene. Officers also arrested a Laventille man yesterday morning in connection with Moonsammy’s killing.
Moonsammy, a 56-year-old foreign-used car dealer, was abducted last Wednesday and found murdered in a wooden shack in the hills of San Juan.
The Church Street, Cunupia man was snatched from a construction site in St Helena just after noon and his body found around 7 pm at Sou Sou Lands, off Laventille Road, Febeau Village, San Juan, after his stolen Nissan Navarra was traced to near the location.
