Three shot dead in Westmoreland, 8-y-o injured
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Three men were yesterday shot dead in separate incidents in Whithorn, Westmoreland, mere minutes apart.
An eight-year-old boy was also shot and injured in one of the incidents.
The first incident occurred about 8:30 pm, while 22-year-old Gawayne Morris, 31-year-old Jason Wedderburn and the boy were at a shop in Lindos Hill.
Reports from the police are that a motor car drove up and assailants disembarked the vehicle then opened gunfire at them. They all received gunshot wounds.
Morris and Wedderburn were pronounced dead at hospital while the eight-year-old boy, whose injury is considered minor, was treated.
Then at 9:00 pm, residents heard explosions in the Maxfield area and alerted the police.
Stanford Anderson, a 59-year-old fruit vendor, was later found dead close to his stall on the Maxfield main road.
The police say investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
