Home News Labourer knifed to death after card game
A 29-year-old labourer was found dead early Monday morning in the vicinity of Mandela Avenue and Princes Street, Georgetown with several stab wounds after an altercation during a game of cards.
Dead is Aubrey Price of Princes Street, Lodge, Georgetown.
Reports are that between 00:10h and 03:00h on Monday, Price was in the company of friends and they were playing a card game in his street when an argument erupted between him and another man. Guyana Times was told that the argument escalated. This reportedly prompted the men to end their card game and most retreated to their homes.
However, Price stayed. Sometime later, his reputed wife who heard of the altercation became concerned after he did not return home. As such, she went in search of him. By that time, public-spirited citizens noticed Price on the roadway and contacted the Police.
An alarm was raised and persons in the area rushed to the scene, including the man’s reputed wife.
An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) crew attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital arrived at the scene shortly after and Price was pronounced dead. His body was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
When contacted, Police Commander of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Sub-division A (Georgetown), Assistant Police Commissioner Edgar Thomas said that the investigation into Price’s death was being pursued from two angles. However, Thomas told this publication that he would not expound on the angles so as to not compromise the probe. He, however, noted that information received indicated that the altercation Price was reportedly involved in prior to his death led to his demise.
However, no suspect has been taken into custody as investigators are still in the process of obtaining statements.