WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly chased and fatally shot a man in Geneva district, Westmoreland on Wednesday, June 26.

Dead is 20-year-old Jowayne Murray otherwise called ‘Joey’.

Charged with Murray’s murder is 23-year-old Kyree Lynch, of Crowder district, Grange Hill in Westmoreland.

He is also charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and using a firearm to commit a felony.

Reports from the Savanna-la-mar Police are that about 5:30 pm, Murray was in the company of family members at a shop when a Toyota Axio motor car drove up.

Lynch reportedly alighted from the motor vehicle and approached Murray when he brandished a firearm and opened fire.

It is reported that Murray ran from the shop and was chased by Lynch and shot.

The police were summoned and on their arrival Murray was seen in a yard lying on his back with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.

He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.