Security guard stabbed to death during shop brawl

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division #3 are investigating the alleged murder of 38-year-old Nicolas Boyce, a security officer of La Retraite, West Bank Demerara, following a stabbing incident on Friday, October 30, 2026, between 21:00hrs and 22:30hrs along La Retraite Public Road.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Boyce was at a shop in front of his home, where his 31-year-old common-law wife was attending to customers, when an argument reportedly broke out between the two.

During the altercation, Boyce allegedly assaulted his wife, prompting three male customers to intervene. Boyce reportedly pulled a knife from his pocket, after which the men began pushing him away. Police ranks subsequently visited the scene and found Boyce lying motionless in a pool of blood, with what appeared to be a stab wound to the left side of his neck.