A British citizen is first murder victim in St James for 2023
Published:Tuesday | January 3, 2023 | 1:23 AMHopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer
The police in St James have confirmed that a suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the death of a man from Britain who was shot dead by armed men at a guesthouse in Bogue Hill, St James, on Monday.
The deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Sean Patterson, a personal trainer who resided in West London in Britain.
Reports are that about 11:45 a.m., Patterson was standing on the pool deck at the One Love Villa in Bogue Hill when he was approached by a man with a handgun.
It is reported that the gunman chased Patterson and shot him multiple times.
The police who were called saw Patterson in a pool of blood when they arrived. He was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A friend of the deceased told The Gleaner that Patterson arrived in the island on a Virgin Airline flight from London, England, on December 29.
The Gleaner also learnt that Patterson spent three days at a popular apartment complex in Freeport, but later booked in at the One Love Villa in Bogue Hill.
The 34-year-old suspect who is said to be from Kingston was allegedly deported from England in 2013.
Patterson is the first person to be murdered in St James since the start of the year. In 2022, St James recorded a total of 198 murders.