Jamaica: Four shot dead, four injured as gunmen go on rampage in St Catherine

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(Jamaica Gleaner) Gunmen went on a rampage last night in over Dover District in Kitson Town, St Catherine shooting eight persons, four fatally.

The deceased have been identified 67-year-old truck driver Gladstone Grange, alias Bigga, Marcus Anthony Whyte, otherwise called Beba, a 38-year-old haulage contractor, 46-year-old labourer Dennis “Ninja” Pryce, and 42-year-old bartender Patricia King.

The four other victims remain in hospital nursing injuries.

They all were among patrons at a shop when a group of gunmen came on the scene and opened fire.

It is reported that persons took cover and some fled, taking refuge at a nearby bar.

The gunmen then went to the bar and again unleashed a barrage of gunshots before escaping.

At the end of the episode, eight persons were found suffering from gunshot wounds.

They were taken to hospital where four were pronounced dead.