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Man killed, two sisters among children injured in Mount Ogle gun attack

Published:Monday | March 30, 2020 | 12:00 AM
The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Zailan 'Prime' Duncan, an upholsterer from S-Corner. The other victims are two girls, one aged eight years old and the other nine, as well as a 17-year-old boy.

One man was last night shot dead and two sisters among three children injured in an attack in Mount Ogle near Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew.

The St Andrew North Police said the incident happened about 8 o'clock at an area called S-Corner.

The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Zailan 'Prime' Duncan, an upholsterer from S-Corner.

The other victims are two girls, one aged eight years old and the other nine, as well as a 17-year-old boy.

The details of the incident were not immediately ascertained, however, the police said, residents reported hearing explosions and called them.

Investigators rushed to the scene and took the victims to hospital where Duncan was pronounced dead.

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