Benjamin Seaford, a 16-year-old of Lot 12 Public Road, Kitty, was fatally stabbed yesterday morning.
The police yesterday said in a statement that his assailant escaped. The incident occurred at around 12.45 am.
Inquiries, the police say, revealed that the victim and suspect were known to each other. On the date and time mentioned, the victim was at the corner of Lamaha and Gordon streets, where he and the suspect had an argument during which a scuffle ensued. The police say that the suspect then pulled a knife from his waist and dealt the victim stabs about his body.
Seaford then ran in a western direction on Gordon Street and collapsed about 100 feet from the intersection.
The police and Emergency Medical Technicians were summoned and responded.
The victim was examined and pronounced dead by a doctor of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
The scene was processed by ranks of the Crime Scene Unit, Criminal Investigation Department Head-quarters, the statement said.
The father of the deceased told Stabroek News that he was informed that on Sunday night his son received a call from a friend who insisted that the teen leave his home and “come represent them”. This, he said, was in relation to a fight that was supposedly about to occur.
