Falmouth, Trelawny – The body count continues to swell as gang rivalry escalates in the normally peaceful town of Falmouth, Trelawny.

The latest victim of the tit-for-tat among rival factions is an unemployed man who was beaten to death Sunday evening by gangsters at a barbershop in Race Course.

Donovan Harris, 20, otherwise called Tash, lived in the community where he was killed.

According to Constable Patrick Chin of the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), Harris, accompanied by his younger sister, went to the barbershop for a haircut.

While he was being attended to, a group of men from the community dragged him from the barber chair and used sticks and stones to inflict blows all over his body.

Harris’ sister screamed for help, at which point the men ran away leaving Harris unconscious. The young man died while undergoing surgery at the Falmouth Hospital, to become the 10th victim of gang rivalry in the coastal capital.

Just over a week ago, 21-year-old Glenroy Turner of Falmouth Gardens was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Water Square by one of four men who escaped on bicycles.

The Falmouth Police are pursuing a man known as Speedy in connection with that killing.

The gang feuds, which date back to October 2003, have involved mostly teenagers and young men in their early 20s from areas such as Race Course, Dump and Compound.

… Computer engineer stabbed in Flankers

Flankers, St James – Unknown assailants stabbed a 28-year-old computer engineer to death on Pele Drive, Flankers on Sunday night.

Collin Haughton, otherwise called Dukie of McKenzie Drive, Flankers was heard crying for help at about 11:30 pm, police reports said. Residents, who investigated the cries, found Haughton suffering from several stab wounds.

The police were alerted. They transported the wounded man to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Coral Gardens Police are conducting investigations.