POLICE have arrested a 24-year-old suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Donald Gibson, who was fatally stabbed during a fight at Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo, on Monday.
In a press release, the police said that at about 17:30hrs, the two were at a liquor restaurant when Gibson accused the suspect of assaulting his friend. This led to an argument, during which Gibson allegedly assaulted the suspect, physically, before leaving the bar.
According to the police, the suspect subsequently left the bar and was again accosted by the deceased. There was an argument which led to a scuffle.
The suspect, who was armed with a knife, reportedly stabbed Gibson, once, under his left arm, causing his friend, 19-year-old Wazim Mohamed, of Lot 1818 Parika, East Bank Essequibo, to attempt to part them. However, he became involved in the scuffle.
The release added that the suspect reportedly stabbed Mohamed with the said knife in his back and buttocks, before the fight was quelled by public-spirited persons. The suspect then threw the knife into a nearby trench.
The police were summoned, and the deceased was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he died while receiving medical attention. Mohamed was later treated at the said hospital and is presently a patient there.
