The victim of Sunday\u2019s chopping incident at Aux Lyon, Dennery has been identified as 66-year-old Augustus Forde of the same community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports indicate that police received a report of a violent altercation at about 4:00pm on Sunday, February 23, 2025, prompting the response of the Richfond Police Station. On arrival the officers observed a male individual lying in a prone position with multiple lacerations to the back of his head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to fire Service emergency responders, the incident reportedly unfolded between Augustus Forde and his brother: \u201cA family member reported that he was shot then assaulted with a cutlass by a male individual. On assessment, he presented negative vitals, with obvious signs of death. It was observed that he sustained multiple lacerations to his head<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d said the Fire Service in a statement on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Eyewitnesses allege that the deceased\u2019s brother shot at the deceased whilst near a garage. The deceased managed to run towards his house and fell to the ground. The suspect allegedly followed the deceased and began chopping him whilst on he ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Forde was pronounced dead by a medical practitioner who arrvied at the scene at approximately 6pm that evening. He is the island\u2019s 10th homicide for 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The victim of Sunday\u2019s chopping incident at Aux Lyon, Dennery has been identified as 66-year-old Augustus Forde of the same community. Reports indicate that police received a report of a violent altercation at about 4:00pm on Sunday, February 23, 2025, prompting the response of the Richfond Police Station. On arrival the officers observed a male […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n