An Eccles resident was this morning shot and killed by policemen after he reportedly refused to turn himself over to the lawmen and instead barricaded himself in his home.
Fifty-four-year-old dredge owner Angold Cox was shot and killed in his 164 ‘A’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara home, sometime after 10 am.
It is not clear what led two pick-ups with policemen to the man’s home but his niece Patricia Evans told Stabroek News that she received a call from her uncle informing her that the police had surrounded his home.
The woman said she immediately left her Eccles home and headed to her uncle’s in a taxi where she saw the lawmen in her uncle’s yard. She said when she enquired from the police what was the problem they informed that her uncle had chased someone with a cutlass. She said at the time her uncle was in the house “cussing up” and it appeared as if he had barricaded himself inside with furniture being placed behind the door.
According to the niece the police subsequently kicked down the door and shot the man. His bloodied body was then pulled down the stairs and one of the policemen placed his hand to the man’s neck and informed his colleagues that the man was dead. He was then put in the back of one of the pick-ups and the police left.
The body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Home but relatives were refused permission to view the body as officials there informed that the man’s wife, who had left the home three days ago, would have to go and identify him.
