ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Innswood High School in St Catherine is in deep grief following the execution-style triple murder of a fifth-form student and his parents in Waterloo District in the parish last week.

Sixteen-year-old Orlando Wellington, his mother Sharon Francis-Wellington, and father Omar Wellington were found dead inside their house with hands bound and, according to the police, were shot and their throats slashed on Tuesday morning.

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Innswood High Principal Collington Powell said the school was left traumatised by the tragedy.

“I didn’t sleep well last night, I was just seeing images, it was one of the rougher days in my entire career,” Powell told OBSERVER ONLINE on Wednesday, noting that he viewed graphic images of the deceased bodies that were circulating on social media.

“In speaking to colleagues who would have taught Orlando, they are in a state of disbelief especially based on the gruesome nature (of the murder),” he added.

The principal said the school reached out to the Ministry of Education to conduct grief counselling sessions for students and staff affected by the killing.

Police said that residents reported hearing explosions after 3:00 am and when checks were made the family members were found dead.

A man who was listed as a person of interest in the triple murder was shot and killed in a confrontation with police Wednesday morning. He was identified by his alias, ‘Gaza’ or ‘Gaza Man’.

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According to senior police sources, a gang conflict has been brewing in Waterloo.

In addition to ‘Gaza Man’, the police had released the names of six other men as persons of interest in the murders. They are: Demar Williams, otherwise called ‘Kye Kye’; Othniel Loban, otherwise called ‘Tickman’; a man known only as ‘Buffy’; a man known only as ‘Richie’; a man known only as ‘Negus’, who is said to be overseas; and a man known only as ‘Blacks’.