SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine — Gun violence claimed two lives alongside March Pen Street, Spanish City, on Christmas Day, regardless of an elevated police presence within the space.
The victims have been recognized as 30-year-old bar operator Shaniel Myers and 28-year-old Shamar Corridor, each residents of March Pen Street.
Studies point out that shortly after 6:00 p.m., Myers and Corridor have been amongst a bunch of individuals at a premises alongside March Pen Street when a number of armed males entered the realm and opened hearth. Corridor reportedly collapsed on the scene after being shot, whereas Myers tried to flee and ran to a close-by churchyard, the place she later fell.
Each people have been transported to hospital, the place they have been pronounced lifeless.
Unconfirmed experiences recommend that hours after the double killing, police on patrol intercepted a bunch of armed males, resulting in a shootout. One of many males was reportedly fatally shot by the police. His identification has not but been established.
The March Pen Street neighborhood has remained tense following the deadly capturing of an alleged space chief earlier this yr. Since that incident, the realm has skilled a number of violent episodes, with at the very least three folks reportedly killed amid gang-related conflicts.
Investigations into the Christmas Day killings are ongoing.
