Three shot, one fatally, in St Andrew attack

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Three shot, one fatally, in St Andrew attack

A woman and two men were shot, one fatally, by unknown assailants on Glebeville Avenue in St Andrew on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 19-year-old Raheem Sinclair, otherwise called ‘LJ’, a labourer of Red Hills Road in the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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