Shot
Buxtonian was wanted for murder, robberies
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last
seen alive outside PNC/R MP's diner
THE
dead man, Mervin Archer, called 'Skittle', was well-known by the police.
On
October 18, 2003 a statement from Eve Leary said the police were looking for a
number of key suspects whom they believed could assist them their
investigations into the disappearance of Vivekanand Nandlall, the Non-Pariel
taxi driver who was kidnapped on October 16, 2003 while en route Imax,
Enterprise Gardens, for a pickup.
Archer,
along with four other men, had been advised by the police to contact them
either in the company of an attorney-at-law, or anyone else.
"Failing
which they will have to face the long arm of the law," said the police
report on October 18, 2003.
Three
days after the wanted bulletin was issued for Archer, he turned himself over
to the police accompanied by a lawyer.
Archer,
25, formerly of Buxton, was fingered in several armed robberies, including
those at gunpoint of minibuses and their commuters at Buxton; and the shooting
to death/robbery of a Chinese national, Su Pu Zhog, in December at Su's
restaurant at Cove & John, East Coast Demerara.
According
to the police, Archer also was linked to the armed robbery of a grocery store
at Cove & John.
Archer
was forced to flee the troubled village of Buxton in November after he
reportedly fell out with members of a gang operating out of that village.
He was
said to have just left a diner (Myrna's Diner) owned
by PNC/R Member of Parliament Myrna Peterkin on the Haslington
Public Road on Saturday night and was about to enter a minibus when he was
shot by a lone gunman.
According
to reports out of Haslington, Archer moved to Victoria a few months ago and
was on his way home after making a purchase when the gunman shot him twice,
then exited the route 44 minibus he was traveling in and fled south into that
village.
Archer's
family said that their home was a place of many visitors who came to enquire
about his whereabouts. They refuted the claim that he was armed when he was
killed.
The
police yesterday said they were not certain if any firearm was found on
Archer's person at the scene.
The police have since launched an investigation.