Fear has\ngripped the parish of Westmoreland, which is now teeming with security\npersonnel as marauding gunmen went on a rampage in the parish, killing eight\npersons in separate incidents there, over a 24-hour span. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police high command is reported to have deployed\nadditional personnel to the parish to boost the efforts of crime-fighters in\nthe wake of the murders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deceased are a man identified only as\n\u2018Chucky\u2019, 19-year-old Ronaldo Campbell of Cooke Street, 34-year-old Corey\nParkins of Cascade, Hanover, 23-year-old Coran Birch of Woodsville, Hanover,\n21-year-old Jahmar Warren of Grange district in Westmoreland, 18-year-old Dean\nSmith, otherwise called \u2018Eric\u2019 Labourer of New Market Oval, Patrick Campbell,\notherwise called Quatro \u2013 unemployed of Jane Marks Road, Westmoreland and 24-year-old Ojari Romans, a farmer of Cedar Valley, Westmoreland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the latest in the series of murders, a man\nknown only as \u2018Chucky\u2019 was shot dead about 8:17 a.m. on Tuesday by an unknown\nassailant in Llandillo in the parish. The Police were summoned and \u2018Chucky\u2019 was\ntaken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A mere\n13 minutes later, crime sleuths were summoned to another homicide scene at\nLewis Street, Savanna-la-Mar, where 19-year-old Ronaldo Campbell was shot dead\nby unknown assailants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports are that Campbell was standing at a\npremises when he was approached by three armed men who opened gunfire hitting\nhim. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the murder spree began on Monday, at\nCoke Street about 1:15 p.m. when 18\nyear-old Dean Smith, otherwise called \u2018Eric\u2019, was sitting in front of a shop\nwhen a white Toyota Axio car drove up and stopped. Four men armed with guns\nalighted and opened fire at Smith hitting him in his upper body after which\nthey left in the same car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police were summoned and upon arrival,\nSmith was seen lying face down in a pool of blood with what appeared to be\nmultiple gunshot wounds to his head, neck and abdomen. He was transported by\nthe police to the Sav-la-Mar Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just under three hours later at Fullersfield,\nresidents stumbled upon Campbell lying on the side of the road and summoned the\npolice who, upon arrival, saw him lying on his back with what appeared to be\ngunshot wounds to the left side of his neck. He was taken to the Savanna-la-Mar\nHospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And,\ncrime sleuths were further kept busywhen they were again called to active duty\nfollowing reports that five persons who were among a group of patrons at a bar\nin Williamsfield about 11:15 p.m. were shot by unknown assailants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports indicate that four armed men alighted\nfrom a Toyota Voxy motor vehicle, entered the premises and opened gunfire. The\npolice were summoned and on their arrival, the victims \u2013 three men and two\nwomen – were taken to hospital. Parkins, Birch and Warren were pronounced dead,\nwhile the women have been admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, at 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, a passerby\ntraversing a dirt path located in front of Romans\u2019 house, reportedly saw him\nlying on the roadway suffering from what appears to be gunshot wounds. The police were summoned and the victim\nsubsequently taken to the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital where he was pronounced\ndead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents reportedly heard gunshots about\n10:15 the previous night but made no report to the police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fear has gripped the parish of Westmoreland, which is now teeming with security personnel as marauding gunmen went on a rampage in the parish, killing eight persons in separate incidents there, over a 24-hour span. The police high command is reported to have deployed additional personnel to the parish to boost the efforts of crime-fighters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18,1164,258,30,29],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-crime","tag-eight-killed","tag-shootings","tag-western-jamaica","tag-westmoreland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}