A 29-year-old pork-knocker of Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast, was, on Tuesday morning, shot to his shoulder by a security guard attached to a mining company, operating at a backdam in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Kurt Walcott, the victim, said he was walking by the mining operations when he heard a loud explosion and suddenly felt a burning in his left shoulder. The pork-knocker said he then realised he had been shot.
The victim was taken to the Bartica Public Hospital where he remains in a stable condition, as further treatment is being administered.
The suspect, a security guard, was armed with a .223 rifle. He was arrested and placed in the custody of the police, but has been uncooperative during interrogations thus far. The firearm, which was used during the ordeal, was lodged, as investigations continue.