Gunman kills two in Westmoreland
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— Detectives assigned to the Area One Major Investigations Division are probing an incident in which two people were shot and killed in Frome, Westmoreland, on Friday night.
The deceased have been identified as 51-year-old Michael Johns otherwise called ‘Robert’ a carpenter of Baulk district, and 20-year-old Vivene Brown, of Prospect district, both in Westmoreland.
Reports are that about 4:00 pm, Johns and Brown were at home when they were pounced upon by a lone gunman who opened fire hitting them.
The police were alerted and the man and woman were taken to the Savanna-la-Mar Public General hospital, where Johns was pronounced dead and the woman was admitted for treatment.
Brown later succumbed to her injuries.
– Kimberley Peddie