Pritipaul Hargobin, 34, was beaten by several protesters around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the Bath Settlement Public Road.
Police said Mr. Hargobin was in his vehicle on the Public Road when he exited the vehicle with a shotgun and discharged one round into the air before discharging three rounds towards a crowd of protestors who were about 60 meters away.
The police declined to identify the nature of the crowd which responded by surrounding and beating him. Police that were nearby rushed to the scene and discovered the victim lying on ground with several injuries about his body.
Hargobin was taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital and was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.
Ronita Hargobin, the sister of the deceased, said that her brother left their Bath Settlement home on Wednesday afternoon in search of a man on a blue motorcycle.
When he asked the protesters at Bath settlement about this person they said they had not seen them and began assaulting Pritipaul.
Ronita said her brother told her he was going home but returned to the scene just before she heard gunshots. She said she was not aware that her brother had a gun and was not close enough to see who fired the shots.
Investigations into the incident are still ongoing.
