Carpenter accused of attempting to shoot man at wake
KINGSTON, Jamaica— A carpenter has been charged after he allegedly pulled a gun and tried to shoot a man during a brawl at a wake on Four Forty Drive in St Andrew on Saturday, May 27.
Charged is 21-year-old Tajay Blackwood of a Four Forty Drive address.
Blackwood was charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, and assault at common law.
Detectives assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division report that about 1:30 am, a man was at a wake in the area when he got into an altercation with Blackwood. During the brawl, a group of men who were in the company of Blackwood intervened. Blackwood took a firearm from one of his cronies and placed it under the man’s neck while trying to squeeze the trigger, however, the weapon did not fire.
The man then ran and a report was made to the police. Following an investigation into the matter, Blackwood was arrested. He was charged on Friday, July 21 after he underwent a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.
His court date has not been finalised.
Blackwood’s cronies are currently being sought by the police.