{"id":26694,"date":"2025-02-20T21:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26694"},"modified":"2025-02-20T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:40:09","slug":"former-city-councillor-kyle-solomon-murdered-after-foiling-break-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/former-city-councillor-kyle-solomon-murdered-after-foiling-break-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Former City Councillor Kyle Solomon Murdered After Foiling Break-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | February 5, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former policeman and City Councillor Kyle Solomon, aged 47, has been murdered in a violent incident early this morning, reportedly by a suspect known to him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, Solomon was stabbed five times by the 16-year-old suspect while attempting to thwart a break-in at his shop, located near his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses say that Solomon noticed the suspect attempting the break-in and chased after him. During the pursuit, Solomon was attacked and fatally stabbed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One eyewitness, who preferred to remain anonymous, recalled hearing a commotion outside and saw Solomon lying on the ground shortly afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon\u2019s neighbor, Carmelita Collins, shared that the suspect had previously broken into the shop multiple times, making this the fifth incident of its kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed shock upon hearing the news of his death, describing how she found his lifeless body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solomon, who was a member of the Georgetown Municipality representing Constituency 9 in the Opposition APNU, had dedicated his service to the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are actively searching for the 16-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tragic event has left the community in mourning, with many remembering Solomon&#8217;s contributions as a councillor and his history of service to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | February 5, 2025 Former policeman and City Councillor Kyle Solomon, aged 47, has been murdered in a violent incident early this morning, reportedly by a suspect&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26695,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26694\/revisions\/26695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}