MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The licensed firearm holder accused of killing two women and wounding three others on the weekend was a short while ago charged with murder by the police.

Charged is 50-year-old Patrick Thompson a telephone engineer/ technician and resident of Levy Lane in Mandeville.

He has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of wounding with intent.

A police source confirmed that the charges were formally laid shortly before 4:00 pm.

Thompson is also likely to be charged with other offences.

The 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 admitted for treatment. A 12-year-old boy, who was reportedly also injured during the shooting, was treated and released from hospital. The licensed firearm holder reportedly turned himself in at the Mandeville Police Station.

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— Kasey Williams