By Leroy Smith

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Twenty – six – year old Travis Rudder was killed early Sunday morning after a gunman elevated himself to the level of a window at his home and sprayed his bedroom with bullets using a 9mm pistol.

Rudder, a miner, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital with eighteen gunshot wounds to the body while his reputed wife, 31 – year old – Mawanza Gill of 149 Regent Road Bourda was shot seven times to her leg and their 18 month old baby, Travis Rudder Junior. five times about the body.

The incident occurred at Nandy Park at approximately 1:40 hrs when a gunman or gunmen attempted to gain entry to the home in what investigators believe was to get to the senior Rudder.

The shooter elevated himself on a make shift walker so that he could reach the level of the bedroom window to the western section of the house. Once there, the shooter opened fire through the window while the three were on a bed sleeping.

The senior Rudder was once charged with murder of a woman from Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara but managed to walk a free man.

The police are continuing their investigations into the matter and according to information reaching iNews, the ranks were able to recover 24 spent shells from the scene.