THE teenage son of a politician and an enforcement officer of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) died from a self-inflicted injury at his residence at Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old boy allegedly left a note behind before committing the act.

Police said the incident occurred at 14:45 hours and investigation revealed that the teen resided with his father who is an enforcement officer at GRA, his mother, a teacher and politician, and two sisters and a brother.

Reports indicated that, about 06:30 hrs, the teen’s father left home for work, leaving a weapon on top of a built-in closet in his bedroom.

His wife left shortly after for work, leaving the baby sitter alone with the teen, his brother and sisters.

According to one of the sisters, she was inside her room when her brother went into her bedroom and gave her a book page with writing and went back into his bedroom.

As a result, she followed him and saw when he went into his haversack and took out an object, closed his bedroom door and shortly after she heard a loud sound.

She went downstairs and told the baby sitter what she saw. The baby sitter was at that time downstairs with the other brother.

The body of the teen was examined and taken to Lyken’s Funeral Home where it is awaiting an autopsy as investigations continue into the incident.

Persons with suicidal tendencies can call the Guyana Suicide Prevention Helpline numbers.

The centre opens 24 hours. Calls are toll free and callers can remain anonymous. The numbers are 223-0001, 223-0009, 623-4444 and 600-7896.