Chef gunned down at her restaurant in Clarendon
A restaurateur was gunned down at her establishment in Hayes, Clarendon on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as 39-year-old chef Alecia Latchman-Peart, of Cornpiece district in Hayes.
Reports are that around midday, Latchman-Peart responded to a purported patron who came to her establishment, which is connected to her home, and ordered a ‘box lunch’.
It is understood that, as Latchman-Peart prepared the serving, the purported patron pulled a firearm and opened fire hitting her.
Police who attended the scene observed Latchman-Peart in a pool of blood inside the kitchen area.
Latchman-Peart was pronounced dead at hospital.
There has been an outpouring of tributes on social media to Latchman-Peart, and expressions of shock and grief over her murder, since news of her death emerged.