Two men are now in police custody following the fatal shooting of a senior government official yesterday morning at Plaisance Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, in the vicinity of the Gold Rush Bar.
Dead is 53-year-old Dr Olato Sam, Education Specialist within the Ministry of Education (MoE), and of South Ruimveldt Park, George-town.
Police say the incident occurred at about 12.30 am. Enquiries revealed that around 11.15 pm on Thursday, Sam went to the Gold Rush Bar, where he met three of his friends, and while there, they consumed a few drinks outside the bar.