A CONSTRUCTION worker who was on his way to file a report with the police was confronted by three men and shot and killed following a dispute with his mother after which a neighbour intervened and dealt him a blow to the stomach with a piece of wood on Wednesday night.

The man was reportedly shot and killed with the licensed firearm owned by the Chairman of the Community Policing Group (CPG) of the area.
The shooter, along with the neighbour and the CPG Chairman, was taken into police custody pending the probe.
Police reported that Godfrey Jhaggroo, 20, of Bellevue, West Bank Demerara, was killed at about 19:00hrs on December 18, 2013, at Bellevue.
Initial investigations revealed that Godfrey Jaggroo was involved in an argument with his mother during which a man, who resides next door and operates an off-licence liquor store, intervened and assaulted him with a piece of wood.

It is reported that Godfrey Jhaggroo was on his way to the Wales Police Station to make a report when he was confronted by three men, one of whom is a licenced firearm holder, and who were at the off-licence liquor store. He was shot in the back with a shotgun. Jaggroo was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
Meanwhile, the man’s mother, Babita Jhaggroo, 40, of lot 31 Bellevue, said that she was at home at about 18:30hrs on Wednesday afternoon when her son returned home from work.
He began quarrelling with her after he realised the remote control for the DVD player was broken, then their next door neighbour joined in the row.
The mother stated that the man, who runs a rum shop, started to quarrel with them saying that they were always making noise, disturbing the quiet of the neighbourhood.
She noted that a heated argument ensued since her son told the man that it was a private matter between him and mother and he should mind his own business.
This, the woman added, annoyed the shop owner, who armed himself with a piece of wood and dealt her son a lash to his stomach after which the wood bounced off the road and hit the man’s daughter.
She pointed out that her son was beaten in front of her yard by the gate and her son clutched his stomach and collapsed to the ground. He recovered and was making his way to the police station when he was shot and killed.
It was until Thursday the mother got a glimpse of the body, which bore a huge gunshot wound to the back of the head and his stomach also had a wound.
Godfrey Jhaggroo was shot and killed by a shotgun from close range after three shots were discharged, eyewitnesses said.
A post-mortem is expected to be performed today.
The National Community Policing Executive, in a press statement yesterday, said that they have launched an investigation into the murder.
It stated that CPG members, particularly rural constables, are all made fully aware of the Standard Operational Procedures in Community Policing and where their responsibilities and operational boundaries lie, always acting and reacting within the permitting confines of the law.
The document noted that they should not act against the law, especially to always exercise the use of peaceful control approaches, and never to engage negative excessive measures that are beyond the Standard Operational Procedures.
The statement said the N.C.P.E. offers and conveys sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late Godfrey Jaggroo.

(By Michel Outridge)