Two killed in predawn attack in Gobay
November 27, 2007
GOBAY, St Catherine - Gunmen invaded the sleepy Gobay district of North East St Catherine during a predawn attack Sunday, killing two people and injuring another.
The dead have been identified as 59-year-old higgler Samuel 'Jack' Morrison and Cecil 'Dougie' Campbell, a 45-year-old farmer. Morrison's 47-year-old wife Norma is in critical condition in the Linstead hospital.
Residents told the Observer that about 1:00 Sunday morning, gunshots were heard and it was later discovered that the Morrisons were shot inside their two-apartment house. Shots were also heard about a mile away where Campbell's body was found.
On Sunday, Clayton Morrison, the couple's 23-year-old son, said that his mother called him on his cellphone about 1:15 am and told him that three gunmen had kicked open her room door, killed her husband and shot her in the chest.
Official reports from the Riversdale police said the husband's bullet-riddled body was found on the floor, while the wife was found in another room with bullet wounds all over her body. Meanwhile, Campbell's body, which too had several bullet wounds, was found some 10 chains from his house.
"De place get bad. A pure gunman (inna) the area. Since last week a three man gunmen kill in ya and five get injured. We haffi go move out. We can't stay ya at all," said a schoolmate of Clayton Morrison. He said Morrison and his wife attended the Church of God of Prophecy and, as far as he knew, did not trouble anyone.
The shootings sent shockwaves and fears throughout the rural district and at least 10 families were seen moving out of the community hours after the brutal atttacks.
The police, up until yesterday, had not established any motives for the killings. The victims, they said, were not robbed.
But Member of Parliament for North East St Catherine, the Jamaica Labour Party's Gregory Mair, believed the killings were politically motivated. Campbell, he said, was a key JLP worker while the Morrisons were JLP supporters....
Author: TK Whyte
Source: Jamaica Observer
