TRAGEDY struck the remote North West District at Port Kaituma in Region 1 (Barima/Waini) when 62-year-old Victor Pires shot dead his reputed wife Pamela Martin, 39, before turning the weapon on himself, following a heated argument in the presence of their children at about 04:20hrs yesterday (Easter Monday).

Police ranks investigating the incident found an improvised shotgun and three empty cartridges at the gruesome scene of the murder/suicide.

The bodies of both Pires and Martin, who was reportedly shot to her head, are at the Port Kaituma Hospital mortuary, and police investigations are continuing. (Asif Hakim)