Man killed, woman injured in Old Harbour shooting
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A man was shot and killed and a woman injured in an attack by gunmen in Old Harbour, St Catherine yesterday.
The slain man has been identified as Shawn Fletcher, 40, who resided in the community of Succaba Gardens, also in Old Harbour.
Reports are that Fletcher and the woman were among a group of persons standing along Ascot Drive when a motorcar approached.
It’s reported that a man exited the vehicle with a gun in hand and opened fire at Fletcher, hitting him in the head.
The woman was shot in the leg.
They were transported to the Spanish Town Hospital where Fletcher was pronounced dead and the woman admitted for treatment.
Their attacker escaped in the waiting car.
The Old Harbour Police are probing the incident.
-- Rasbert Turner
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