A 19-year-old man was yesterday afternoon knifed to death after a scuffle ensued at a shop in Dazzell Housing Scheme, Enmore, on the East Coast of Demerara.
Barneth McKenzie, of 371 14th Street, Dazzell Housing Scheme, Enmore, died yesterday after being involved in an altercation with a teenager.
According to a police release, the now dead man and the suspect lived in the same community but were not “seeing eye to eye”, as they were always “in the habit of threatening each other”.
At around 4:50 pm, the suspect was at a nearby shop in the community when McKenzie arrived at the same location and the two got into a heated argument. This resulted in a scuffle between the two men and the suspect allegedly whipped out a knife and dealt McKenzie several stabs about his abdomen.
The victim was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspect is currently in police custody assisting with investigations.
