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One-legged senior citizen shot dead on North Street, 28 spent shells found

Published:Wednesday | November 20, 2019 | 12:00 AM
Police investigators at the scene of the North Street murder - Nickoy Wilson photo

Morning commute along North Street in Kingston was interrupted this morning as police investigators cordoned off the road to probe the murder of a one-legged man, said to be in his 70s.

A relative identified the man as Delroy Nathan.

The police recovered 28 spent shells from the scene.

An eyewitness said around 8:30 a.m., a man got out of a black Nissan Note at the intersection of North and King streets

The eyewitness said the car then proceeded further up North Street where a second man got out.

Both men then approached the senior citizen and opened fire, killing him on the spot.

A relative said, she could not identify why the senior citizen would have been killed.

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