Man dies after shooting incident at Turkeyen home

A 23-year-old man died this morning after a shooting incident at his Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown home.

Dead is Joshua Taylor, a businessman.

This publication understands that the incident occurred between 00:15hrs and 01:15hrs.

Reports are that the victim was embroiled in an argument with his cousins in the yard, when his father intervened in an attempt to bring peace.

However, Taylor reportedly ran into the house, armed himself with his father’s gun, returned to the yard and began to discharge several rounds in the air.

Shortly after, a team of police officers responded to the scene and upon seeing the cops, Taylor reportedly ran away into a nearby compound.

But he was apprehended by two civilians, one of whom is a security officer.

INews understands that the civilians held the man down on the ground and disarmed him.

Taylor was then taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he was pronounced dead.

It is unclear what led to his demise. INews was informed that there were no marks of violence observed on the victim’s body, based on the official police report.

This publication was informed that Taylor was taken to the hospital after he was apprehended, because he had lost consciousness.

Investigations are ongoing.