Woman shot 6 times, survives gun attack in St Ann
ST ANN, Jamaica— A 44-year-old businesswoman miraculously survived after she was shot six times by a gunman at the bar she operates at Phoenix Park in Moneague, St Ann, Friday night.
The woman has since been hospitalised while police have launched a manhunt for her attackers.
Reports reaching Observer Online are that around 8:00 pm, the now-injured woman was at the bar with three customers when a motorcar drove up and parked across from the establishment.
Two men exited the vehicle, entered the bar and ordered two drinks. The woman placed the drinks on the counter, after which one of the men pulled a handgun and shot her several times.
She received gunshot wounds to both breasts, her abdomen, both arms and right thigh. The woman ran from her attackers and collapsed in bushes behind the bar.
The men, the police said, ran from the bar, returned to their vehicle and sped away.
The injured businesswoman was rushed to the St Ann’s Bay Hospital where she was admitted in serious condition. No motive has been established for the attack, the police say.