Police are investigating the circumstances which have led to a farmer being shot during a hunting trip.
Injured is 35-year-old Jeroam Tony of Phillipai Village, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Reports are that the shooting occurred on Sunday.
According to Police, a 35-year-old farmer, also of Phillipai Village, is the licensed holder of a 20-gauge shotgun; and on Sunday, at about 14:00h, he and Tony had left together to go hunting.
The farmer showing the area where the pellet had entered his body
During the hunting trip, the licensed firearm holder observed a group of wild hogs and discharged several shots in their direction. However, a ricocheting pellet hit Tony to his upper left chest, causing him to be injured.
According to Police, Tony went home and applied homemade remedies to the wound, but on Tuesday he continued feeling pain in the area where he had been hit by the pellet, and he started to vomit blood. As such, he visited the Phillipai Health Post, where he was examined by a Health Worker and was referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Police said Tony left Phillipai en route to GPHC via private chartered aircraft on Tuesday at about 16:00h. Meanwhile, the licensed firearm holder was escorted to Kamarang Police Station by the village Toshao. An investigation is in progress.
