Man gunned down in St James while playing with children
Published:Tuesday | July 4, 2023 | 7:14 PM
A St James farmer was on Monday fatally shot in the community of Rosemount.
He has been identified as 48-year-old Lenroy Buchanan, otherwise called 'Sonny Boy', of Gardenia Crescent.
Reports by the Mount Salem police are that about 5:30 p.m., Buchanan was playing with a group of children along a roadway when he was approached by two men armed with handguns.
The men opened fire hitting Buchanan multiple times, before escaping on foot into the area.
The wounded man was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- Hopeton Bucknor
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