A 30-year-old Ministry of Tradition worker was shot and killed by her estranged ex-boyfriend at her West Demerara house on Tuesday night in a surprising act of home violence that has left the group in mourning.
The sufferer, Marissa Beete, was attacked by 47-year-old Ghalee Khan, who later tried to take his personal life by capturing himself within the head. He’s at the moment hospitalised below police guard on the Georgetown Hospital following emergency surgical procedure.
Police stories point out that the 2 had been in a relationship for simply over a 12 months, which ended not too long ago following a disagreement. On the night of the incident, Khan arrived uninvited at Beete’s residence, the place she lived along with her 62-year-old mom, Jennifer Vaughn. Vaughn advised investigators that she warned her daughter to not open the door, however Beete insisted that Khan solely wished to speak.
Shortly after letting him inside, Vaughn stepped away to the again of the home. Moments later, she heard loud explosions. When she rushed again, she discovered her daughter bleeding on the bottom, slumped over with a gunshot wound to the pinnacle. Khan was reportedly standing over her with a firearm.
Vaughn stated she grabbed maintain of Khan in a determined try to cease him. He fired one other shot, pushed her to the bottom, after which turned the weapon on himself.
Beete was rushed to the West Demerara Hospital by neighbours and household, however was pronounced useless on arrival. Khan was taken to the identical facility and later transferred to Georgetown for additional remedy.
Police recovered Khan’s firearm on the scene, which had three dwell rounds. Investigators have since confirmed that Khan was deported from america in 2023 after serving 4 years for drug trafficking. He had fled to Guyana earlier than surrendering to U.S. authorities in 2020. Upon his return, he resumed operations of his personal safety firm, Built-in Safety Service.
The police proceed to research the circumstances surrounding the killing.
