The body of 48-year-old of Errol Inniss, a dredge-owner shot and killed outside his mining claim at Aranka, Cuyuni River on Sunday, allegedly by one of his ex-employees, is now at the Lyken Funeral Home in the city where a post mortem is to be performed today.

A police report yesterday said that Inniss, also called “Tall Boy”, of 239 Pike Street Kitty, was shot by a man whom he fired from his land dredging operation about a month ago. The incident occurred around 14:30 hrs. But his wife, Sharon, who was with him at Aranka when the shooting occurred, said the man who allegedly shot her husband was dismissed by him about two months before.

The mortally wounded man whose body was brought to Georgetown on Monday, accompanied by his wife, reportedly suffered several bullet wounds to his back and head. Sharon related that, on being struck by the bullets, he impulsively plunged into a pond – a worked out mining area which was at the time filled with water.

Reports said the man’s assailant, along with an accomplice, repeatedly threw missiles at him until he went down under.

The man’s widow recalled that on Sunday afternoon, she was out at the ‘landing’ when some of the workers came running to her and informed her that “Tall Boy” had just been shot and killed. She said she reacted with shock and disbelief, but hastened over to where she knew he was – next to a water engine not too far from the camp.

She said when she arrived at the scene she saw no trace of her husband since he was under several feet of water. The workers took a quick decision to pump all the water out of the pond into another reservoir, and after about five hours of continuous pumping found his body at the bottom of the pond.

Sharon said her information is that the worker who was dismissed by her husband, returned to the camp on Sunday and accosted her husband. She said the man reportedly went into another camp, picked up one of his friends, and together they walked up to Inniss. There was reportedly a heated exchange, during which Inniss was shot.