Robbery, rape and double murder in Malvern, St Elizabeth
Published:Wednesday | April 13, 2022 | 4:32 PM
Hopeton Bucknor, Gleaner Writer
The Malvern police in St Elizabeth have launched a manhunt for five gunmen who this morning robbed a bar, raped the bartender, and shot and killed two men while escaping.
The victims have been identified as 36-year-old Mickel James of Mount Pleasant in Malvern, and a man known only as Courtney of Santa Cruz, both in St Elizabeth.
The police say about 3:20 a.m., the five armed men broke into the bar and robbed the establishment of a large undetermined sum of cash.
The gunmen also removed three poker boxes from the wall and stole cigarettes, musical equipment and a quantity of top-shelf liquor.
They then went to a room at the rear of the establishment and where they sexually assaulted the bartender, before escaping into nearby bushes.
An alarm was raised and community members carried out a search for the gunmen, during which their getaway driver was apprehended.
The residents managed to corner the men in a bushy section of the community.
In a bid to escape, the gunmen shot and killed James and the other man.
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