A teenager was killed early on Saturday morning while attempting to part a fight between his sisters and other females at West Ruimveldt in Georgetown.
Dead is 19-year-old Dequan Pyle, a construction worker of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt. The incident occurred sometime around 06:30h.
Police reports revealed that Pyle was trying to part a fight between his sisters and a group of females in the neighbourhood, when the male partners of the other females also intervened.
Dead: Dequan Pyle
The Police say one of the males, who was armed with a piece of wood, hit the teenager to the back of his head and he fell to the ground, where he lay motionlessly.
The suspect then dropped the wood, and he along with the others began to pelt bottles and bricks at the teenager’s relatives, before making good their escape.
Pyle was then taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty. His body is presently at the GPHC mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination (PME).
According to the Police, investigations are in progress to locate the 30-year-old male suspect and his accomplices.
The house that was destroyed by fire
Meanwhile, the early morning incident that led to the death of the teenager has resulted in tensions flaring in the area.
In fact, hours later, the Laing Avenue home of the alleged killer was set on fire.
The fire reportedly ripped through the small wooden house. At the time of the inferno, no one was at home since the suspect would have already been arrested by the Police for questioning in relation to the teen’s murder.
Nevertheless, fire tenders arrived at the scene and managed to curtail the fire to one location. Guyana Times understands that by the time the fire tenders arrived at the scene, the house was already engulfed. The Police have launched an investigation into the murder and suspected arson.
