A 30-year-old man is now on the run after fatally shooting a miner at Apaiqua Landing, Mazaruni River, yesterday.
Dead is Shane Blake, 30, of Hymakabra Village, Moruca.
Enquiries disclosed that about 05:20hrs, Blake was asleep in an abandoned building on Apaiqua Landing when he was awakened by the suspect who was armed with a handgun and ordered him to put on his clothes.
Upon being told so, the victim armed himself with a cutlass and dealt the suspect a chop to his shoulder. The suspect retaliated by shooting Blake in his chest. The suspect subsequently fled the scene.
The victim was escorted by public-spirited citizens to the Isseneru Health Post where he succumbed to his injury.
The body was escorted to the Bartica Hospital, where a post mortem examination is expected to be conducted. Investigations are ongoing.
