August 6, 2023
Call centre employee shot dead in Portmore home invasion
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A call centre employee was shot dead during an attack at his home on Orion Drive in Gregory Park, St Catherine on Sunday morning.
Police have identified the deceased as 23-year-old O’Niel Manderson. A 51-year-old woman was also shot and injured in the attack. She is being treated at the hospital.
Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that around 9:45 am, the two were at home when they were pounced upon by two men armed with handguns.
Police said the men opened gunfire hitting the woman in both legs and Manderson in the abdomen, chest and face before making their escape on foot in the area.
Manderson died on the spot but the woman was rushed by residents to hospital where she was admitted.