A 41-year-old South Oropouche man was shot dead in his apartment yesterday afternoon.
Dead is Leroy Meade of Warden Road.
A relative told police that when he left home for work around 8 am on Friday, Meade was not at home.
However, police inquiries revealed that around 10 am Meade was seen in the area by residents but appeared intoxicated. Later around 3:30 pm a resident saw him lying motionless in his apartment and called the police.
When officers of the Oropouche Police Station arrived at the apartment they saw his body face down on the ground near the door entrance. There were wounds to his right hip and right inner thigh area.
One 9mm spent shell casing was found at the scene. .
Meade is the second resident of South Oropouche to be murdered in two days and the third in three weeks.