A Sophia resident was shot dead in the wee hours of Monday, after he allegedly attempted to rob a security guard and his sister in Campbellville, Georgetown.Twenty–year–old Isaiah Marques was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital; and a police report detailed that at about 2:00 hrs on Monday, Carl Haynes, who is attached to a private security company, was walking along Second Street, Campbellville, accompanied by his sister, Rayon Haynes (26), when they were accosted by a man armed with a firearm.

They resisted his demands, and the armed man pulled the trigger of his firearm, but the weapon jammed. Haynes then reportedly pulled out his service weapon and shot the perpetrator.

Police recovered an unlicensed .32 revolver from the scene, and investigations continue.

CRY FOR JUSTICE
However, the young man’s relatives have given a different version of the incident. They claim he was murdered by the shooter following an old grievance over a woman.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that Marques had lived with relatives at 34 ‘B’ Field, Sophia and at Penny Lane in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Information received indicates that he died from a single gunshot, which entered the upper left section of his forehead and exited at the back of his head.

In an interview with this newspaper, his aunt, Rosaline Marques, explained that her nephew, a father of one, was in the company of a friend when the incident occurred.

“He was shot point blank in front of the night club on Sheriff Street, and the shooter pointed the gun to his friend and others before getting away,” this aunt disclosed.

She claims that her nephew was shot wrongfully, and said the family wants justice from the relevant authorities, since she does not believe the version of the story that was disclosed by the police.