KERON Nicholson, 33, a labourer of Angoys Avenue, succumbed to injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation a few days after he was beaten at Patrick Dam, Mount Sinai, on the eastern fringe of the New Amsterdam Township, Berbice.

Residents in the former squatting community were not forthcoming with information. However, reports suggest that the incident occurred in the aftermath of indiscrimate firing of gunshots in the vicinity of a relative’s home.

There was also a heated argument and fight in which Nicolson suffered injuries.

An individual named “Donnel” is being sought by police. A relative of the deceased, Marley Ross, a private in the Guyana Defence Force, recalled seeing a crowd gathered at Patrick Dam on March 8, at around 20:00hrs.

She said on inspection, she saw Nicolson unresponsive lying on the roadway with a wound to the left side of his forehead.

The injured man was hurriedly taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital before being transferred to main public health institution in Georgetown where he died on Wednesday. Investigations are continuing.