Georgetown : At about 9:45 a.m. today police ranks on a marine patrol in the Demerara River, acting on information received, went to the Houston Fishing Wharf, EBD, where they saw a man acting in a suspicious manner.
The ranks approached him and during an attempt to conduct a search, the man forcibly resisted and assaulted one of the police ranks.
He walked away and proceeded to an area in the vicinity of the Gafoors Complex where he was approached by ranks of a mobile police patrol that had responded to give assistance. During efforts to arrest him, the man pulled out a knife and stabbed Constable Antonio Dawson of Impact Base, Brickdam, to his neck, chest and abdomen. He has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition.
The man then proceeded to stab himself about his body and also slit his throat. He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
Varying quantities of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy were found in his pants pockets and the weapon (knife) has been recovered by the police.
The body of the man who is of African descent, and is so far unidentified, is at the GPHC Mortuary.
Investigations are in progress.
