Police are investigating the fatal shooting of 26-year-old miner, Keron McDonald, at Prasville, Wismar, Linden, yesterday morning.
According to a police press statement, the incident occurred at about 10 am after McDonald, of Block 22, Wismar, Linden, became involved in an altercation with a 29-year-old man of Half Mile, Wismar.
Initial investigations revealed that the two men were engaged in a conversation when an argument reportedly developed into an altercation.
Police said that during the incident, the suspect went to a motor car, retrieved a firearm and discharged a single round in McDonald’s direction. The bullet struck McDonald on the left side of his chest.
He was subsequently transported to the Linden Hospital Complex for medical attention but was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty.
Following the shooting, police ranks intercepted the 29-year-old suspect and escorted him to the Wismar Police Station. He remains in police custody and is assisting investigators with their inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Police said that no firearm has been recovered at this stage.
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