Man shot dead at garage in Portmore
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A man was killed in a gun attack in Portmore, St Catherine this afternoon.
He has been identified as 44-year-old Howard Hammond, otherwise called ‘Morrie’, of Reeds Pen in Portmore.
The police report that about 12:45 p.m., Hammond was standing at a garage along Braeton main road when he was pounced upon by a man armed with a gun, who fired shots, hitting him in the upper body.
He collapsed, and his attacker walked away and escaped into the community, the police reported.
The injured Hammond was assisted to the Spanish Town Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No motive has been established for Hammond’s murder.
The Portmore Criminal Investigation Branch has launched a probe into the matter.
- Rasbert Turner
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