Shooting of sex worker: Alleged shooter among three in custody

Shawn Simon Hooper, also known as ‘Coil Bottle’

Law enforcement authorities have arrested three individuals, including the alleged shooter, in connection with the fatal shooting of sex worker Shawn Simon Hooper.

Hooper, also known as ‘Coil Bottle,’ was shot in the wee hours of Thursday while on King Street and South Road in Georgetown.

According to a well-placed source, one of the suspects has confessed, identifying the alleged shooter as ‘Shaggy’ and revealing that his car was used in the crime.

The police reported that Hooper was standing with another 26-year-old sex worker when a heavily tinted silver Premio motor car with an unknown registration number drove south on Croal Street.

Witnesses heard several loud explosions, believed to be gunshots, coming from the car’s direction. In response, Hooper and the other sex worker fled east onto South Road. Tragically, Hooper collapsed shortly after.

The car continued north on King Street and disappeared from the scene. Upon being alerted, detectives rushed to the location and found Hooper lying face-down in a pool of blood. He was wearing a black dress, a black shower cap, and black socks.

A doctor from the Georgetown Public Hospital arrived and pronounced Hooper dead at the scene. Crime scene investigators examined Hooper’s body and found a gunshot wound under his right arm. They also recovered nine 9mm spent shells from the scene.