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Body of man with gunshot wounds found in zinc shack in Bog Walk

Published:Friday | April 19, 2024 | 12:43 PM
The incident remains under investigation.

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North police have launched an investigation into the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in Bog Walk last night.

He has been identified as Kemar Edwards, unemployed, of Shenton district in Bog Walk.

It is reported that about 9:30 p.m., explosions were heard in a section of the Shenton community. 

The police were called and Edwards' body was found in a zinc shack at the back of a premises.

The body had what appeared to be gunshot wounds to its head and upper body.

The body was removed from the scene.

- Rasbert Turner

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