Prime suspect in Angoy’s Avenue fatal chopping arrested

Information revealed that at about 10:30 hrs, a group of four men including Kevin Small and Shamar Wilson ventured to Caracas dam to swim and when they arrived, the suspect and two others approached them.

Police said the suspect and his group confronted Small and his friends, this confrontation led to an argument and escalated into a physical fight.

Small reportedly jumped into the trench to escape but was followed and chopped about his body by the suspect. Wilson is said to have also jumped into the trench to save Small but he too was chopped by a member of the suspect’s crew.

Wilson was rushed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital by public-spirited citizens, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

Not long after, acting on information received, Kevin Small was found at a house in Budhan Scheme, Vryheid, West Canje Berbice, not far from where the incident took place. He was motionless and transported to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police are investigating.