Teen shot nine times in August Town, dies
Published:Tuesday | January 21, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Police investigators are now on the scene of the murder a teen boy in the Hermitage community of August Town, St Andrew.
Lavern Edwards, 18, was reportedly shot nine times around 10 o'clock this morning .
He died on the spot.
It is the latest in a series of violent attacks in the St Andrew Eastern constituency.
On Sunday, another resident was shot and injured.
Two days earlier, another person was also shot.
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