Several persons have been arrested after a mob attacked and killed a West Coast Berbice (WCB), Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) construction worker. The issue reportedly stemmed from an ongoing feud with a gang from another village.
Dead is Jerroy Gorden, 18, of Leichfield Village, WCB.
Dead: Jerroy Gorden
Reports are that he and his 16-year-old brother went four villages away to Number 41 Village on the WCB to purchase food. On their way, they passed a group of young men known to them.
According to the younger brother Jerry, when they arrived at the food stand, they realised that their motorbike was out of gasoline.
The teenager said he was sent to his sister’s house a few doors away to make a phone call home to have someone bring gasoline for them.
As he was leaving his sister’s yard Jerry claimed that he noticed his brother in the company of another man who was carrying a bottle, and when he arrived, he was told by his now dead brother that he was able to obtain some gasoline.
Police cordoned off the scene of the attack
“He started the bike, he was riding and we see them, well, they had a little problem. So my brother started to speed up. And a little bit, all we know, we see a… Ferris wheel over the road with a rope, and he shoved my brother off the bike. When he fall… I fall off the bike. And I can see one of them coming to me with a cutlass. I had to run. I run, I run, and I call my cousin. I take a while before I go back to the scene,” he recounted.
According to Jerry, the village gang had more than 5 persons when they were attacked. This publication understands that members of the Number 40 Village gang did not want the now-dead teenager to venture into Number 41 Village.
Going westwards from Lichfield, the gang had contended that the now dead Gorden should only go to Cottage, Belle Vue, Number 40 Village, and Seafield but not venture into Number 41 Village.
According to Gorden’s sister, Candacy Welcome, the feud between her sibling and members of the Number 40 gang has been going on for more than a year.
“They had a matter which got the attention of the court,” she explained.
Meanwhile, the younger brother said that when he returned to the scene, he saw his brother lying motionless.
“When I return, I saw a crowd of people down there. When I go and watch him, he get a hole in his neck.” The police have since arrested several persons as the investigation continues.
