Escapees were shot several times

– autopsies revealed

Post Mortem Examinations (PMEs) conducted on the two Mazaruni Prison escapees and a woman shot dead by police on Monday night has determined that they all died of multiple gunshot injuries.

On Wednesday,  Doctor Nehaul Singh at GPHC mortuary performed the PME with dissections on the bodies of Imran Ramsaywack, a condemned prisoner of Mazaruni Prison; Ryan Jones,  a convicted prisoner of Mazaruni Prison; and Savitri Rajkumar, an unemployed woman of Better Hope South Squatting Dam.

Imran and Ryan were identified by Principle Prison Officer 2, George Selman and the body of Savitri Rajkumar was identified by the father of her child, Kevin Williams in the presence of the police.

The bodies of Imran and Ryan were handed over to Guyana Prison Service officials for burial while the body of Savitri was handed over to Kevin Williams for cremation.

In a statement earlier on Tuesday morning, police said ranks acting on information that the Mazaruni Prison escapees were hiding out at a location in the Better Hope South backlands, went to the said area at about 8:40 hours where they observed an abandoned field in a bush and a swampy area.

The ranks observed that there were three wooden shacks on the field with two partly constructed ones. They began clearing the first shack but no one was seen.

According to the police, as the ranks were approaching the second shack, a voice was heard in the third shack and the ranks immediately called out indicating police were in the area.

A male immediately emerged and discharged a round at the Police and then ran, the police statement said. The Police ranks returned fire. Two males and a female were wounded and lay in the shack with gunshot injuries, whilst one male escaped.