Police in Regional Division #2 are investigating the murder of Winston Fredericks, a 51-year-old man of Wakapoa Village, Lower Pomeroon River, Essequibo Coast, which occurred yesterday at about 12:00hrs at Wakapoa Village.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Fredericks was lying in a hammock in his yard when his 25-year-old son allegedly attacked him with a cutlass, inflicting several wounds to his body.
A release from the police said that following the incident, members of the Community Policing Group (CPG) apprehended the suspect at about 12:15hrs and subsequently handed him over to the Police.
Police ranks visited the location, where Fredericks was found lying motionless in a hammock with chop wounds to his face and about his body.
A cutlass suspected to have been used in the incident was recovered and lodged as evidence, the release said.
Fredericks was escorted to the Charity Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.
The 25-year-old suspect, a fisherman of Wakapoa Village, remains in Police custody as investigations continue.
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