Two men shot and killed in Gordon Town, JA
Blood still stains the road near the Gordon Town Road breakaway following a gun attack on Tuesday afternoon that killed two men and left two others hospitalized in what has been theorized to be a gang hit.
The men were reportedly standing among a group of persons at a stall at about 5:20 p.m. when several men armed with handguns approached the group and opened fire.
Dead are 27-year-old Raymond Palmer, who was killed on the spot, and 39-year-old Damoy Foster, who succumbed to his injuries at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).
Andre Jackson, 22 years old, and 37-year-old Dwight Green from Mavis Bank were injured and treated at the UHWI. Jackson is said to be in critical condition.
A male resident who requested anonymity told reporters that Foster received death threats after refusing to carry out the request of a gang.
His sister, Nicole Foster-Henry, said the stall was an extra hustle, in addition to the bar and shop he operated in partnership with the mother of his one-year-old child, just beyond Gordon Town Square.
“I was the first to arrive on the scene and to the hospital. I couldn’t react, but mi feel everything Inna mi move when mi closes his eyes,” she said.
She recalled her brother as a jovial, positive person who was favoured among the youths in the community and known to discourage criminal involvement.
“He stopped smoke about three to four months ago, but even when he did smoke, he encourages others not to start smoking,” she shared.
Foster's fond memories resurfaced as text messages streamed into his sister’s mobile phone from community members recalling their interactions with him.
“Right now, I have to be trying to control my seven-year-old ‘cause all he talks about him, uncle. Every pickney loves him,” she shared.
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