A former soldier who had been convicted of manslaughter in 1996, yesterday shot his neighbour before turning the gun on himself and ending his life with a single bullet to the head.
In a rage that family members and neighbours said was caused by his drunken stupor, Samuel La Fleur of Lot 192 Back Street, Prospect, East Bank Demerara, at around 2:30pm yesterday, ventured into his neighbour’s yard to settle a dispute he had with a member of that family.
During the ordeal which lasted for about five minutes, he shot and injured sales clerk Onika Little then went back into his home and killed himself by