Lodge man dies after shot in head

The getaway car ploughed into this utility pole near ‘Last Entrance’, North Ruimveldt.

The son of a popular block-maker died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) some time this morning after he was shot to his head yesterday, while his alleged assailant, who drove away following the incident, subsequently turned himself in.

Thirty-nine-year-old Shawn Nelson, aka” Redman,” of 63-64 D’urban Street, Lodge, was gunned down in the vicinity of Sweet Point, on Orange Walk, as he was making his way to Eagle’s Bar on Robb Street, where he worked as a sanitary technician.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed today that the man had died sometime this morning.

In a release yesterday, police said that Nelson “was involved in an argument with a man