Deported drug trafficker Ghalee Khan kills partner, attempts suicide

Marissa Beete, an employee attached to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, was brutally shot and killed by her partner Ghalee Khan on Tuesday night.

Reports indicate that the incident occurred after Khan visited Beete’s Recht-door-Zee, Parfaite Harmonie, West Demerara home. The couple had been in a relationship for two years.

Beete sustained a gunshot wound to her head, the News Room understands.

Information reaching the News Room revealed that the couple were not on speaking terms.

When Khan showed up at the house, Beete’s mother reportedly told her not to open the door. However, she eventually did and the mother left the couple to talk.

Shortly after, an explosion was heard. Beete was found lying on the ground. She was bleeding.

Khan then fired a second shot at Bette before he went behind a door in the house and shot himself to his head.

Khan was taken to hospital. He is currently receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital, having been transferred from the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was initially admitted.

Khan is known to law enforcement officials. He was deported from the US in 2024 after completing a prison sentence for drug trafficking.