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Third man charged for Hanover shooting

Published:Friday | April 12, 2024 | 2:43 PM
The police say Wilson was taken into custody during an operation. - File photo

The Hanover police have charged 21-year-old Uroy Wilson, otherwise called 'Joe', of Chigwell, Sandy Bay in the parish in relation to a March 26 shooting in Montpelier, Sandy Bay.

The police say Wilson was taken into custody during an operation.

Twenty-nine-year-old labourer, Kinoe Ellis, otherwise called 'Beenie Man', and 32-year-old painter, Delroy Ellis, otherwise called 'Jovy', of Hell Gate, also in the parish, were previously charged.

The Lucea police say about 8:00 p.m., a man was walking home, when he came upon a group of armed men, who opened gunfire at him.

He was shot and his attackers escaped in a waiting motor vehicle.

The injured man was assisted to hospital, where he was admitted.

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