Carnage in Montego Bay - Gunmen invade dance, killing four
March 09, 2009
Divisional commander for the St James police, Superintendent Maurice Robinson, is appealing for calm following a quadruple murder in the parish yesterday.
Robinson is also calling for witnesses and others with information come forward and help the police.
Four men were shot and killed and four others shot and injured when rampaging gunmen invaded a dance at Bongo Lenny Lane in the Hendon/Norwood area of Montego Bay, firing wildly at patrons.
The dead men, all residents of the community, have been identified as 30-year-old sound-system operator Oniel 'Calico' Black 19-year-old Adrian 'Jeffrey' Wynter, 34-year-old footballer Peter 'Freno' Williams and 27-year-old Jevaughn 'Mexico' Bromley, who was said to be mentally challenged.
Hail of bullets
According to persons who were at the dance, shortly after 2 a.m., five men armed with handguns fired a barrage of bullets, causing revellers to flee in panic. Bromley was killed on the road while the other three were slain in a bar. The dance was geared towards promoting the bar, which was being opened for the first time.
"One of dem seh to me, 'Come out, because we nah kill no woman tonight'," a woman who was in the bar told The Gleaner. "Dem just turn on shot pon de man dem."...
Author: Adrian Frater
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
