Mechanic stabbed to death during argument

Investigators are probing the circumstances which led to the death of a 28-year-old man at

Dead: Orrett West

Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Orrett West, a father of one of Tucville Terrace, was killed around 00:30 hr yesterday at popular liming spot in Vigilance.
He was stabbed to his chest in full view of his girlfriend, who provided police with a detailed description of the killer and what transpired early yesterday.
The suspect is on the run.
According to information received, the mechanic and his killer had an argument during which he was stabbed to death.
Police in a release said that investigation so far revealed that the father of one was in company of his girlfriend, when an argument ensued between him and a man, who he had an ongoing dispute with.
During the argument, the assailant pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed West in the region of his left side chest and escaped.
At his home yesterday, his mother asked for her son’s death be kept on the down-low. The woman, who refused to give her name, said that her son left home last night to go to Guinness Bar weekly lime when he was killed.
”He and somebody had an argument and like he get in a fight and he get stabbed,” the woman said while doing her chores.
She did not want to divulge any more information.