30 January 2006
Ronald Waddell
Shooting
Ronald Waddell, a former talk-show host on HBTV Channel 9, was gunned down outside his home in the Georgetown suburb of Subryanville.
Waddell was getting into his car in the garage of his home at about 8 p.m. (local time) when two men armed with .38 and .32 calibre pistols emerged from a car parked on the other side of the street and shot him 13 times. Hit in the head, back and chest, Waddell died in a Georgetown hospital.
A former reporter with the "Stabroek News" daily newspaper, Waddell had been hosting a talk-show on HBTV Channel 9 since 2001. He was also an active member of the People's National Congress (PNC), which is strongly backed by Afro-Guyanese, and was a fierce critic of President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is of Asian descent.
