RELATIVES of a 42-year-old man are counting on police investigators to apprehend and bring to justice a man whom they said cold-bloodedly shot and killed their relative after an incident at No Man’s Land, Port Kaituma, in the North West District on Wednesday afternoon.Dead is Devon Moore of 146 Back Street, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, who was shot by a man with whom he was working for some time now in the interior, but met his demise after he decided to leave his current employer and take up employment with another man.

Speaking with this publication yesterday afternoon was Andre Moore, the deceased’s younger bother. He said that the family has been receiving many conflicting reports surrounding the death of his brother, but there is a particular story that is sticking with relatives.
He said that another brother telephoned them and said that their other brother, Andre, was involved in a matter with someone else and that he had been shot; relatives received the call on Wednesday afternoon.

According to Andre, they were told that two weeks ago Devon Moore decided to leave the man with whom he was working and began working with another employer. When Devon left the job however, an excavator operator also left with him and joined the new employer.
The move angered the first employer of the two men and he showed up at the new camp and requested that the excavator operator return to his original worksite, but the man refused. The employer then returned to his camp, armed himself with a firearm and again returned to the camp where the two men found employment and opened fire on Devon Moore, who was shot to the groin.
The brother said that they are not familiar with the persons involved in the matter, but was told by persons that the shooter has since fled the scene and remains in hiding; the police also confirmed that in a press release.
Yesterday morning family members travelled to the interior location and escorted the dead man’s body to the city, where it was taken to Lyken’s Funeral Parlour. Andre said that from all appearances, his brother might have been shot with a shotgun.
Asked when last he had seen his bother, the man said the last time Moore came out of the area was some time back to attend a funeral for another relative. Andre explained that his brother had been working in the interior for approximately 13 years and might have travelled out four times since he is known to spend very lengthy periods in the interior.Prior to his employment in the hinterland, Moore had worked at the Guyana Sugar Corporation.
Yesterday when this publication visited the home where the man had lived, several relatives were at the home as they reflected on the life of their loved one. Moore is survived by his other siblings, relatives and friends. Both his parents are dead.
Yesterday too, the police confirmed that they are conducting investigations into the matter and explained that a team of investigators has been dispatched to the are, even as they continue the hunt for the suspect.