March 12, 2023
Construction worker shot dead in Annotto Bay
A 22-year-old man was gunned down in the Iterborele community in Annotto Bay, St Mary.
The deceased has been identified as Odaine Martin, a construction worker of Iterborele.
Information reaching OBSERVER ONLINE is that about 10:10 pm on Saturday, Martin was sitting outside a shop, after it had closed, using the Wi-Fi.
According to residents, several shots were then heard. Martin’s body was later found with gunshot wounds.
His death comes less than a week after his mother’s grocery shop was burnt down and a month after the hardware store where he was working was also torched.
The Annotto Bay Police are investigating.