The community of Charity, in the Pomeroon, was plunged into shock around 15:00 hours yesterday when Police Constable Chaavekanand Kishore shot himself dead with the .38 revolver he was permitted to carry.

The incident occurred in the Charity Hospital compound where Kishore’s wife, Rhonda Loulis, works as a dentist.

Kishore, 31, of Sparta Essequibo, was attached to the Brickdam Police Station Traffic Department but was seconded to Acting Chancellor Carl Singh as a driver.
Reports reaching this newspaper stated that Kishore arrived on the Essequibo coast last Friday to spend some time with his family.
Yesterday, he visited his wife’s apartment which is situated at the back of the hospital. No one knows what transpired between them to cause Kishore to take his own life.
Eyewitnesses said that a single gunshot was heard and shortly after Kishore’s wife came running out of the apartment screaming that he had shot himself.
When persons responded, they found Kishore lying on the floor with blood pouring from a wound in the region of the heart. His firearm lay next to his body.

The police were summoned and an investigation was immediately launched.
Family members were overwhelmed at the sight of his body being lifted from the apartment and were very adamant that they get a closer look.
The dead man’s sister, Sabrina Kishore, told this newspaper that since Kishore arrived on the Essequibo Coast on Friday, he and his wife had been quarrelling all the time.
She said that she does not know what transpired in the woman’s apartment that led to her brother’s death.
Police have since detained Kishore’s wife for questioning.
They are expected to carry out gunpowder tests on his hands to confirm that he did indeed shoot himself.
A post mortem examination is also expected to be performed on his body