Relative and friend miss Melissa’s funeral

This is because both men, said to be childhood friends, remained in police custody up to last evening fielding questions from officers at the Homicide Bureau.

At about 2 pm yesterday, scores of mourners flocked the Forres Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Cedar Hill Road, Claxton Bay, to bid the 31-yearold woman a final farewell.

Police sources said they are still awaiting the results of gunshot residue tests to determine who pulled the trigger which claimed Mohammed-Ramkissoon’s life.

Initial police reports are the relative was driving his Nissan Tiida with Mohammed-Ramkissoon and the friend as passengers, en route to Chaguanas to purchase a vehicle on Tuesday at about 9 pm. During the trip, an argument ensued in which the woman was shot in the head while in the front passenger seat.

The friend then jumped out of the car and fled while the driver proceeded to the Chaguanas Police Station where a doctor pronounced her dead. The following day, the friend surrendered to police at Freeport Police Station.

Police recovered a loaded firearm in the car. Police said that both men claim the other shot Mohammed-Ramkissoon.

Investigations continue.