West R’veldt man shot dead after road rage escalates

A West Ruimveldt man was shot dead last evening along Mandela Avenue, after an argument between two motorists culminated in gunfire.
The dead man has been identified as Elvis Fernandes, 24, of Mandela Avenue, West Ruimveldt, who sustained a gunshot to the chest.

The shooter, a passenger in a minibus driven by one of the feuding motorists, was also shot by a plain clothes policeman who was at the scene when the dispute occurred. He has been identified as Lloyd Britton, 20, of Beterwerwagting, East Coast Demerara, and he is now under police guard at the Georgetown Hospital, police said in a release last evening.

When this newspaper visited the residence of the deceased, Fernandes father said “I can’t give you any information” when approached to