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Taxi operator gunned down in Green Island, Hanover

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 3:14 PM
The injured man was pronounced dead at hospital.

A taxi operator was shot and killed by a gunman in Green Island, Hanover on Sunday night.

He has been identified as 40-year-old Oswald Henry of Caudwell district in the parish.

Reports from the Green Island police are that about 9:30 p.m. Henry was parked in the vicinity of the Green Island Square awaiting passengers when he was ambushed by one of two men travelling on a motorcycle.

The gunman opened fire hitting Henry multiple times before fleeing.

The injured man was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

- Hopeton Bucknor 

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