Two shot, one fatally in St James bar attack
Published:Sunday | September 11, 2022 | 2:44 PM
A man was shot dead and another is nursing injuries at hospital following an incident in Anchovy, St James on Sunday morning.
The police have not yet released the identity of the deceased.
The injured man was reportedly shot in the face.
Reports by the Anchovy police are that the men were at a bar located close to the entrance of the Nigger Ground community,when armed men drove up and opened fire before speeding away.
Cops at the Anchovy police station, which is close to the location, overheard the gunshots and rushed to the scene.
They discovered both men suffering from gunshot wounds.
They men were rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where one of them was pronounced dead and the other admitted in critical condition.
- Hopeton Bucknor
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