Businessman shoots gun-toting assailant dead
–Youngster’s Facebook profile shows he liked living in the fast lane
AGRICOLA resident Kevin Fields, 21, was fatally shot yesterday by a businessman after he snatched a bag with some $1.7M from him in a Sheriff Street auto spares store and attempted to flee.
A bulletproof vest, gun, sneakers and other items which sit on a coffee table were also among photos on the young bandit’s Facebook page
The Guyana Chronicle understands that the Titus Street, Agricola resident and an accomplice had trailed the businessman from another location in the city, and after the man entered Ramchand Auto Spares on Sheriff Street to make a purchase he followed him there.
This publication was informed that the bandit and his accomplice had arrived on a Honda CG motorcycle and parked to the south over Duncan Street.
According to owner of the Sheriff Street business, Ramchand Ragbeer, he was in his office when he heard someone shouting for “Thief!” He said that suddenly he saw a young man dashing out of the store with the businessman in hot pursuit.
As the bandit made his way to his accomplice on the waiting motorcycle and spotted the robbery victim racing after him, he fired a shot but the man, a licensed firearm holder, returned fire, hitting him to the head.
Two of Kevin’s preferred weapons. The one to the right has a striking resemblance the one he used yesterday
His motorcycle accomplice then sped away from the scene, and according to information reaching this newspaper returned later and stood at a distance as the crowd gathered. This, however, was not confirmed by the police.
Ramchand told the Guyana Chronicle that the robbery victim is a regular customer at his store and would usually make large purchases. He said that prior to visiting his store, the man had made a purchase from another well-established store in the city.
The store owner said that in the past he has had incidents of robbery occurring outside of the store but not with the use of firearms. He praised the robbery victim for being able to retaliate and defend himself.
And as word of the shooting made the rounds yesterday, several persons gathered at the scene to get a glimpse of the young man on the ground next to the gun he used in his robbery attack.
Part of Kevin’s arms cache as revealed on his FB page
The police were able to also recover a bag containing over a million dollars in cash which was snatched from the customer.
The police in a press release yesterday announced that when the bandit was shot they were able to recover $1.7M from him along with an unlicensed .32 Taurus revolver with five rounds and a spent shell.
Kevin’s Facebook Profile photo
Meanwhile as work of the shooting got around and the identity of the bandit was made known, this publication visited the Facebook page of the young man and discovered that he seemingly lived a life of crime and had several associates.
Among some of the photographs posted on his Facebook page are images of him lying on a bed with more than five hundred thousand dollars in cash along with what appears to be a firearm licence and a Republic Bank ATM card. Other photographs showed five different firearms with their magazines lying on what appeared to be a sheet and tagged to several of his friends, his Facebook page also had a photo of the firearm which
The lifeless body of the Agricola youngster after he was shot dead yesterday on Sheriff Street
resembles the one he was using at the time he met his demise yesterday.
Looking at the Facebook page of 21 year old Kevin Fields, he proved to be living a lavish life with women, liquor, guns and money. His only sober photo was a photograph of him offering comfort to the mother of shot Agricola teen Shaquille Grant who was killed by the police in 2012.
Part of the crowd which gathered to get a close-up of the dead bandit
