Two brothers- Marvin and Ellis Joseph- died on Wednesday after they were involved in an altercation at St. Lawrence, East Bank Essequibo.
It is alleged that Marvin and Ellis, aged 17 and 30, were murdered.
Police Headquarters reported that the brothers disembarked a canter, wielding cutlasses and rushed towards another man, 25-year-old Ryan Fredericks. The brothers then started to chop Fredericks about his body.
Fredericks then reportedly ran into his aunt’s house nearby, attempting to flee from the brothers. He jumped through glass windows at the lower flat of the house.
Police said the brothers then chopped each other and Fredericks during the confrontation.
Marvin then reportedly ran out of the yard and collapsed on a wooden bridge where he become unconscious. He died sometime after. Later, his body was examined and a wound was seen on his abdomen and his intestines were protruding.
Ellis, on the other hand, was seen bleeding. He was picked up by a passerby who rushed him to the Leonora Cottage Hospital. Ellis, however, died while receiving medical attention.
Meanwhile, Fredericks was also picked up by Police ranks and rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital to seek medical attention for a chop wound to his right side back and other small cuts about body. His condition is listed as serious.
The brothers’ bodies were taken to the Ezekiel Funeral home for storage, pending post-mortem examinations.
