Pork-knocker shot by security guard

A 29-year-old pork-knocker Kurt Walcott of Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast is nursing a gunshot wound to his shoulder, sustained after he was shot by a security guard attached to a mining company operating at a backdam in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Walcott told investigators that he was walking by a mining operation at Oku backdam, Cuyuni River on Tuesday when he heard a loud explosion and simultaneously felt a burning in his left shoulder. He said he then realised that he had been shot.
The suspect, a security guard, was armed with a .223 rifle. He was arrested and placed into Police custody, but is refusing to respond to questions during interrogation.
Walcott was taken to the Bartica Public Hospital, where he is being treated for his injuries.
The firearm has been lodged with the Police as investigations continue. (G9)