Man shot dead, another injured during gun attack in Cassava Piece
KINGSTON, Jamaica – One man was shot dead and another injured during a gun attack at a bar on Glen Drive in Cassava Piece, Kingston 8, Monday afternoon.
The police said the attack is as a result of an ongoing war in the community between rival gangs.
The deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Alfeno Ledgister, otherwise called ‘Reds’, from Manor View Drive in the community. The injured man is also from the community.
It was reported that around 1:15 pm, both men were inside the bar when two men, both armed with handguns, alighted from a grey Subaru motorcar.
The gunmen, the police said, opened fire inside the bar, hitting the now-deceased in his head and the now-injured man in the mid-section of his body.
Lawmen said they found Ledgister inside the bar, sitting on a chair, suffering from gunshot wounds. The police took him to the Kingston Public Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
A resident of the community took the injured man to hospital. He was shot in his chest and abdomen.
The gunmen escaped towards Mannings Hill Road in the Subaru motorcar, the police said.