Security guard remanded for Rondell Clarke’s murder
Jun 14, 2025
Accused: Messiah Mussenden
Dead: 29-year-old Rondell Clarke
Kaieteur News – A 29-year-old old security guard was remanded on Friday to prison for the alleged murder of 29-year-old Rondell Clarke, of Lot 413 Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The accused, Messiah Mussenden of Buxton/Friendship, ECD, appeared before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court.
Mussenden was not required to plead to the indictable charged and was subsequently remanded.
The matter was adjourned to July 15, 2025 and was transferred to the Cove and John Magistrates’ Court.
Clarke was reportedly shot dead during a police chase at Second Street, Foulis, ECD on May 8, 2025.
On Tuesday, May 10, 2025, two police officers were placed under close arrest following the murder, while two security officers were taken into police custody. Meanwhile, Clarke’s family had formed a protest outside the Cove and John Police Station on Tuesday to gather information from the police about the incident.
Police in a statement on Wednesday, said “comprehensive examination by ballistic experts have confirmed that Rondell Clarke was shot dead by a security guard.”
The police said that the experts examined bullet fragments extracted from Clarke’s body during a post-mortem examination.
“Following a comprehensive examination, ballistic experts concluded that the metal fragment recovered from Mr. Clarke’s body was discharged from an AR rifle that was in the possession of Messiah Mussendeen, a security officer employed by Force Security Solutions”, police said.
The Force added that ballistic experts were also able to match a 9mm spent shell casing recovered from the scene to a 9mm pistol that was in the possession of Devon Boucher, another security officer employed by Force Security Solutions.
“In light of these findings, the Guyana Police Force wishes to make it unequivocally clear that the fatal shot which resulted in the death of Rondell Clarke was discharged from the AR rifle in the possession of Messiah Mussendeen”, the police report stated.
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