Cops probe triple murder at party in Rockfort
A 19-year-old man is among three people that were shot dead, while several others were injured during a party on Rusden Road in Rockfort, Kingston on Thursday night.
The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Warren Benjamin, a fisherman of Adestra Road in Kingston; 19-year-old Raheem Walters, a construction worker of Belmont Road in the parish; and an unidentified male believed to be in his mid-twenties, about 178 centimetres (5 feet 10 inches) long with an owl tattooed on his throat and a lion on his left forearm.
Reports from the Elletson Road police are that about 11:00 pm, the seven were among patrons at a party when a man stepped outside the bar and opened gunfire at the group.
When the shooting subsided, seven people, including two women were seen with gunshot wounds.
The police were summoned and they were taken to hospital.
Three were pronounced dead, while the others were admitted in stable condition.
Investigations continue.
