Ocho Rios man dies after being severely beaten
Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 2:42 PM
A man who was severely beaten by a group of men in St Ann has died in hospital.
Dead is Shawn Geminson, otherwise called 'Shanty', a 48-year-old singer of Eltham in Ocho Rios.
Reports are that about 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30, Geminson was attacked at a house by three men.
The police later responded to a report about an injured man seen lying on a roadway.
He was assisted to the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital, where he was admitted.
He subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
As a result, the case has been upgraded from assault occasioning grievous bodily harm to murder.
The Ocho Rios Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the incident.
- Rasbert Turner
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