Police are investigating the murder of Terrence Washington, a 47-year-old carpenter of Lot 60 D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown who was attacked by two men.
Police said that the incident occurred between 10 am and 4.15 pm on Tuesday.
According to a police report, enquiries revealed that around 10 am on Tuesday, Washington was in his yard when an argument ensued between him and another man working on a building presently under construction east of Washington’s residence.
As the argument escalated, two men jumped into Washington’s yard and a confrontation ensued between them and Washington. The altercation lasted about fifteen minutes, during which Washington was beaten in the head and body. The assailants then escaped by jumping the eastern fence and at around 4.15 pm, Washington was found lying motionless in the yard with a wound to his head.
The police were called in and investigators processed the scene. The victim’s body was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body is currently in the mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.
The man’s son, who did not wish not to be named, told Stabroek News that the incident occurred between 10 am and 11 am. He explained that he received a telephone call around 4 pm from a family member stating that his father had died. When he arrived home, he saw his father lying dead in the yard.
The son said that he was told by a construction worker who was working on top of a building at the time the incident occurred, that around 10 am, his father and three young men had a verbal altercation. He wasn’t sure what caused the altercation but around 4 pm the altercation escalated when the three young men jumped into Washington’s yard and attacked his father with a piece of wood. The men then jumped back over the fence and escaped while his father ran and hid in the yard. (Subhana Shiwmangal)
