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Woman shot dead, man injured in Linstead

Published:Friday | August 14, 2020 | 3:59 PM
The shooting happened while the deceased was sitting in a car.

The St Catherine North Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a woman and the injuring of a man on King Street in Linstead this morning.

The deceased has been identified as 58-year-old Millicent Fisher-Gunn, a supervisor of Bottom Banbury, Linstead in the parish.

The police report that about 5:30 a.m., Fisher-Gunn was sitting in a parked vehicle when a gunman approached and opened fire hitting her.

A man who was standing along the road was also shot.

They were taken to hospital where the woman was pronounced dead and the man treated and released.

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