Sophia youth refused bail on charge of shooting at man

A Sophia youth was yesterday accused of firing shots at another man following an argument over food.

Jameel Howard, 18, of 322 Section C, Sophia, was brought before a city court charged with discharging a loaded firearm. According to the charge, on May 21, at Louisa Row and Hadfield Street, the man discharged a loaded firearm at Jermaine Francis. Howard denied the offence.

It is the police’s case that Francis was at a Chinese restaurant in the area when he was approached by Howard, who is known to