Bartender among two killed at St Elizabeth bar
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A bartender and a man were shot dead at a bar in Williamsfield district in northern St Elizabeth on Wednesday night.
Police named the deceased as Daine Morgan, 37, a resident and truck driver of Williamsfield and Kishera Arscott, 20, a resident and bartender of Ballard’s River in Clarendon.
A police report said that about 10:30 pm, Morgan and Arscott were in the bar when armed men entered. Loud explosions were heard and later, the bartender and the man were found suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds.
They were taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
Statistics from the police show that up to March 31, St Elizabeth recorded nine murders in comparison to six for the corresponding period last year.
— Kasey Williams