Man shot dead while sleeping in St Mary
ST MARY, Jamaica – A 25-year-old man was shot and killed in St Mary while he was sleeping early Sunday morning.
Dead is Renford “Scamma” Dean of Iterboreale, Annotto Bay in the parish.
Police reports are that Dean and his 19-year-old girlfriend were at home sleeping around 1:50 am when men reportedly entered the house.
The woman was awakened by loud explosions and found that her partner had gunshot wounds on his upper body. The woman was said to have run from the house and hid in nearby brushes before calling the police.
The community of Iterboreale and its surroundings are under a 48 hour curfew which began on Saturday, February 21 and will end on Monday, February 23.
The St Mary Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) is investigating the incident.