The police have arrested the suspect accused of killing Shane Blake, who died on Tuesday morning after he was shot in his chest at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River.
The accused, 30, was found at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, on Wednesday and was escorted to Bartica for further investigations.
The deceased Blake, of Hymakabra, Moruca Village, North West District, was asleep in an abandoned building at Apaiqua Landing, when he was awakened at about 5.20 am by the suspect, who was armed with a gun and instructed him to put on his clothes.
Blake armed himself with a cutlass and chopped the suspect on the shoulder. The man retaliated by shooting Blake in the upper left chest area.
Blake was taken by public-spirited citizens to the Isseneru Health Post, where he succumbed to his injury.
