AN argument between two drunken men on Wednesday at Blackwater Backdam, Konawaruk, Mahdia, ended in the death of one of them.
Dead is Akeem Ceaser, 24, a miner of Wismar, Linden.
Reports indicate that the victim was at a shop imbibing with friends when an argument ensued between him and a male known as “Selwin”, which resulted in a physical encounter.
The duo were parted by a 21- year-old miner and shortly after, while the victim was reportedly standing on the road conversing with the said individual who stopped the fight, a male armed with a shotgun approached.
The gunman then allegedly shot the victim once in the left foot, gun- butted him in the head and fled the scene.
The victim was taken to Mahdia District Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival; the body is at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting an autopsy
The suspect, a security guard, who goes by the alias “Tallman”, is currently being sought.