Lakeram Persaud, a 29-year-old resident of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was shot dead during a hunting trip with his friends.
The incident occurred at about 11:30hrs on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at the Friendship Backdam, EBD.
The suspect, 64-year-old Rockie Blackman, a hunter of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara, is in Police custody assisting with the investigation.
According to Police reports, Blackman has been a licensed firearm holder of a 12-gauge Remington shotgun for the past twenty years.
On the day of the shooting incident, Persaud and Blackman along with two other friends, Wayne Gordon, age 58, and Jacob Summer, age 29, had gone on the hunting trip. The four men have been friends for several years, and would usually go hunting for ‘Cappdara’ in the Friendship backdam, EBD.
On Saturday, the four men were in the backdam hunting when they were allegedly attacked by African bees. They started to run in different directions, and both Wayne Gordon and Jacob Summer claimed that they heard a gunshot. After the bees settled down, they went in search of their two other friends and found Lakeram Persaud in a trench with a deep wound to the back of his head.
The scene was processed by the Police, and an empty shotgun casing was found about four feet from the body. The body was escorted to the Diamond Regional Hospital, where it was examined by Dr. James, who pronounced him dead.
Blackman, Gordon, and Summer were arrested, and all three persons in custody had their hands swabbed for GSR.
Investigations continue.
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