UPDATE: Police ID 5-y-o killed by gunmen in St James
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Police have identified a child who was among two people killed by brazen gunmen after leaving a funeral in John’s Hall, St James on Sunday.
The child has been identified as five-year-old Tavoy Cummings of Grange Hill, Westmoreland. The other deceased, who was previously identified, is 27-year-old Semui Shaw, otherwise called Aljay.
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Reports from the Freeport Police are that about 2:00 pm, four people, including the child, boarded a motor vehicle at a funeral, when they were pounced upon by armed men, who opened gunfire at the vehicle. When the shooting subsided, three of the occupants were seen with gunshot wounds.
The police were summoned and the three injured persons taken to the hospital. Shaw and Tavoy were pronounced dead. The other person is being treated.
Detectives have theorised that Shaw was a witness in a murder case in Westmoreland.