Double murder in St James

The shooting death of two men in Anchovy, St James, on Monday night, has now brought to five the number of persons killed in the parish over the past six days.

Investigators say one of the double murder victims still remains unidentified, while the other has been identified as 37-year-old Christopher Hamilton, a taxi operator of John's Hall community, also in St James.

Reports by the police are that about 9:30 p.m., Hamilton and the unidentified male travelled in a white Toyota fielder motor car to a section of the Lethe and Anchovy main road intersection, where they stopped at a shop.

Both went inside the establishment and purchased food items. On their way back, they were ambushed by armed men, who opened fire hitting them multiple times to their upper bodies.

"Mi haffi run fi cover when mi si the two man them start fire pure shot pon the other two man " one alleged eyewitness told THE STAR. "Mi always a hear bout man a shoot dung man inna street, but a the first mi ever witness something like this."

The eyewitness continued: "Mi and two brethren stan up outa the road and next ting wi see a the man dem a run an a fire pure shot. All a wi haffi run fi cover so wi don't even know weh the boy dem tun, if dem drive weh or a run dem run gone. When wi look wi see one a the man run and drop and the other one lie dung up a the top deh so. Nobody nu really know none a dem, but wi hear seh one a dem a taxi man from (Mo)Bay," he added.

Since the start of 2019, 89 persons have been murdered throughout St James; this compares to 56 persons being killed during the corresponding period last year.