‘Shortman’ charged with murder of GC Foster VP Gibbs Williams
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A 40-year-old man is the second person to be charged with murder following the shooting death of Gibbs Williams, the vice principal of GC Foster College on Mega Way, Portmore, St Catherine on October 6.
Odane Watson, otherwise called ‘Shortman’ of Duff Street, Kingston 13 was charged with murder, aiding and abetting robbery with aggravation, being a participant in a criminal organisation, making use of a firearm to commit a felony, possession of prohibited firearm and unauthorised possession of ammunition, five days after charges were laid against his alleged 21-year-old accomplice, Jerome Hayles.
Reports are that about 12:15 pm, Williams, 55, was in the process of leaving a hospital complex when he was attacked by the suspects and shot.
The police were alerted, and he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Following an investigation, Watson was arrested and charged after he was interviewed in the presence of his attorney on Tuesday, October 17.
