POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Jarrel ‘Dumb Boy’ Noble, 22, unemployed of lot 12 Tuschen Tiger Bay, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday.

Investigations revealed that about 04:30hrs Saturday morning, an armed security guard on duty at a service station at Vergenoegen, EBE was alerted that someone was seen in a yard that housed a poultry farm at Line Top Vergenoegen, which is located in close proximity and where he was also responsible for securing.

Reports indicate that the security responded together with the poultry farmer who earlier reportedly observed the intruder on the premises via CCTV cameras.

On checking inside of a building, the security guard and the farmer alleged that the now dead man emerged from a room armed with a knife and attacked the security guard who discharged two rounds which struck him.

The police were summoned and the wounded man was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital and was later transferred to GPHC where he succumbed.
When contacted, police said that the security guard is in custody assisting with the investigation and the firearm, a licenced shotgun, has been lodged.

Police confirmed that the now dead man was previously charged with breaking and enter and larceny.