JULAU, Feb. 25 -- A 69-year-old man was shot dead at a longhouse in Sungai Minus, Entabai here on Tuesday in what police described as a dispute over the misuse of a firearm.

Julau police chief DSP Alif Haiqal Ramesh Abdullah said the incident occurred at around 11am at the five-footway of the longhouse.

"Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, a 43-year-old local man, allegedly fired a single shot using a 12-bore single-barrel shotgun, striking the victim on his right shoulder," he said in a statement.

Family members rushed the victim, identified as farmer Vincient Belingau, to Nanga Entaih Health Clinic but he was pronounced dead at 11.49am by the attending medical officer.

Alif Haiqal said police received initial infor...