24-y-o St James man charged with murder
Published:Sunday | March 17, 2024 | 6:09 PM
The St James Police have charged 24-year-old labourer Trevaughn McDonald from Rose Heights in the parish, with the murder of a man in Mount Pleasant district, Westmoreland in June 2023.
The deceased is 40-year-old Damion Henry otherwise called 'Frass', a farmer who lived in Content district in Westmoreland.
Reports are that at about 10:15 a.m. on June 8, 2023, Henry was standing along the Mount Pleasant main road talking to friends when a Toyota Axio motor car drove up and McDonald allegedly alighted from the front passenger seat armed with a gun. He reportedly opened fire at Henry, hitting him multiple times.
McDonald escaped in the vehicle.
A report was made to the police and Henry was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
McDonald was later arrested.
He was charged on March 16 after a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.
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