Attorney seeks release of Mandeville licensed firearm holder
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Attorney-at-law Jonathan Burton has filed a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of a licensed firearm holder accused of killing two women and wounding three others over the weekend if the police do not charge his client by Thursday.
When contacted Burton declined to comment on the matter.
The 50-year-old accused was on Wednesday interviewed in a question and answer session by detectives assigned to the Area Three Major Investigations Division (MID).
In the incident, five people were shot during a dispute at a candlelight vigil stemming from a motor vehicle collision on Nashville Road off Levy Lane in Mandeville.
Police and relatives named the deceased as 35-year-old Aldeen Dixon, a resident of Coleyville district in north-east Manchester, and 42-year-old Stacy Ann Mulgrave, a resident of Barnstable district (near Mandeville).
Police said the incident occurred near midnight after the licensed firearm holder parked his car in an open lot that is next to his house. Police said the lot separates the man’s house from the house where the candlelight vigil was being hosted.
The man reportedly saw his car being hit by another vehicle, leading to an argument and confrontation. It is further alleged that the firearm holder opened fire. When the smoke cleared, five people were found shot.
The gunshot victims were taken to hospital where the two women succumbed and two others were admitted for treatment. A 12-year-old boy, who was reportedly injured during the shooting, was treated and released from hospital.
The licensed firearm holder reportedly turned himself in at the Mandeville Police Station.
— Kasey Williams
