Man killed by stray bullet, cops blamed

Dameon Belgrave

By Mandy Thompson

A young man was killed by a stray bullet last night at the White Castle Fish Shop on Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust, and the police that were chasing a car in the vicinity are being blamed.

Dead is Dameon Belgrave, 23, of, Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, who sustained one gunshot wound under his left arm in the region of his heart. He would have celebrated his 24th birthday today and had been at the fish shop having a ‘pre-birthday’ drink with friends.

Belgrave and a group of friends were liming by a car at the fish shop when a police patrol passed in pursuit of a car. Shots were then fired and Belgrave was hit. The police then took the