Pork-knocker allegedly shot by security guard at Oku Backdam

The Guyana Police Force is investigating an incident in which a security guard allegedly discharged a round at a pork-knocker.

According to a police statement, the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 9:00 hrs at Oku Backdam, Region Seven. It said that 29-year-old Kurt Walcott, a pork-knocker of Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast, was allegedly shot by a security guard working at a mining company at Oku Backdam.