The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Joel Coke, also called Oneil, of Troy District, Trelawny.
January 22, 2024
Trelawny farmer gunned down
The Trelawny police have recorded the second murder in the parish since the start of the year following Sunday night’s shooting death of a higgler/farmer in his community by unknown gunmen.
The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Joel Coke, also called Oneil, of Troy District, Trelawny.
Reports from the Falmouth police are that about 9:00 pm, Coke was sitting on his motor vehicle on the Troy main road when he was approached by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.
The gunman reportedly opened fire at Coke, hitting him multiple times in the upper body, after which they fled on a motorcycle.
Coke was assisted to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No motive has been established for the deadly attack.
