Kingston man charged with double murder
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June 16, 2022

Kingston man charged with double murder

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Detectives assigned to the Kingston Western Division arrested and charged 25-year-old Paul Dawson, otherwise called ‘Little Paul’, of Pink Lane, Kingston 14, with the murders of 50-year-old Carlton Armstrong of Bond Street, Kingston 14 and 21-year-old Orland Turner of Freeman Hall, Albert Town in Trelawny that occurred on Saturday, February 5.

Reports are that about 12:30 pm, a group of people were sitting along the roadway when they were attacked by Dawson and other armed men who opened fire at them. The men were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Dawson was apprehended on Friday, June 10 and was charged on Thursday, June 16, after a question and answer session.

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