Third murder recorded in Bethel Town Police Division since 2023
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A man was shot dead by unknown assailants at his friend’s house in Bethel Town, Westmoreland on Saturday night.
The deceased has been identified as 20-year-old Rojay Pennant, otherwise called ‘Ricey’.
Pennant is said to have been visiting from St Ann.
Reports from the Bethel Town Police are that about 9:00 pm, Pennant was at a friend’s house when armed men pounced upon him and opened gunfire hitting him several times in the upper body.
The police were summoned and, on their arrival, Pennant was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Investigations are ongoing.
Pennant is the third person to be murdered in the Bethel Town Police Division since the start of the year.