Moruca miner shot dead after chopping man

The family of a Moruca, Region One (Barima-Waini) miner is in mourning after he was shot dead subsequent to chopping a man with a cutlass.
Dead is Shane Blake, a 30-year-old miner of Moruca, North West District (NWD).
Police said that Blake was shot dead around 05:20h on Tuesday by a 30-year-old suspect at their camp at Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Reports are that on Tuesday morning, the victim was awakened by the armed suspect who ordered him to put on his clothes.
Upon complying, the victim armed himself with a cutlass and chopped the suspect to his shoulder.
The suspect retaliated by firing a shot in the victim’s direction, which struck him in the upper left chest. The suspect subsequently fled the scene.
The victim was escorted by public-spirited citizens to a health post where he succumbed to his injury.
His body was then taken to the Bartica Hospital, where a post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted.
Police are on the hunt for the suspect. (G9)