Hunting trip turns fatal at Friendship backdam

Police are investigating a fatal shooting committed on 29-year-old Lakeram Persaud of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, which occurred at about 11:30h Saturday at Friendship backdam, EBD.
The suspect, Rockie Blackman, a 64-year-old hunter of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is in Police custody assisting with investigations.
Investigations so far revealed that the shooting incident occurred during a hunting trip. Blackman, who has been a licensed firearm holder of a 12-gauge Remington shotgun for the past 20 years; Persaud; and two other persons – Wayne Gordon, age 58, and Jacob Summer, age 29 – have been friends for several years and will usually go hunting in the Friendship, EBD backdam.
The four men were in the backdam hunting, with Blackman in possession of his shotgun, when they were allegedly attacked by African bees. They started to run in different directions, and both Gordon and Summer claimed that they heard a gunshot.
After the bees settled down, they went in search of their two other friends and found Persaud in a trench with a deep wound to the back of his head.
The scene was processed by the Police, and an empty shotgun casing was found about four feet from the body. The body was escorted to the Diamond Regional Hospital, where it was examined by Dr James, who pronounced him dead.
Blackman, Gordon, and Summer were arrested, and all three persons in custody had their hands swabbed for GSR (gunshot residue).
Investigations continue.