UPDATE: Man shot dead at Westmoreland tyre shop identified
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – The police have identified the man who was gunned down at a tyre shop in Petersfield, Westmoreland on Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Deano Coke, a labourer of Darliston District in the parish.
Reports are that Coke and two other men were on their way to a football match when the Toyota Voxy motor van in which they were travelling in developed a punctured tyre.
The driver of the Voxy then stopped at a tyre shop to have it repaired. Coke, who was standing outside the van with the driver, was subsequently approached by a man who brandished a weapon and opened fire at him.
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The police were summoned, and on their arrival, Coke was found lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound to his head.
He was rushed to the Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The other men were not injured during the incident.
– Kimberley Peddie
