24-year-old attacked and shot by armed men in St Thomas JA
The St. Thomas Police are investigating the shooting death of a man and the wounding with intent of another in the parish.
Dead is 24-year old Rayon McKently of Nine Miles in Bull Bay, St Thomas.
McKinley's death brings to thirteen, the number of murders committed in the parish since this year.
The police say that about 9:45 p.m on Wednesday, McKently was sitting amongst a group comprised of three when they were attacked by armed men travelling on foot. The assailants reportedly opened gunfire at them.
The police say the now deceased, who ran in the opposite direction of the men he was with, was chased and shot several times.
Upon hearing the explosions, a man, who went outside his house to investigate, was also fired when the gunmen saw him.
He was reportedly shot in the left thigh.
Both men were rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital, where McKently was pronounced dead.
The other admitted in a stable condition.
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