12-y-o boy killed, mother shot in St Andrew stoplight ambush
Published:Friday | January 24, 2025 | 11:43 AM
A 12-year-old boy succumbed to gunshot injuries this morning after he, his mother, and his brother were ambushed by men on a motorcycle Friday morning.
Detectives assigned to the St Andrew North Criminal Investigation Branch are now combing the area along Lindsay Crescent for clues.
The incident happened around 7:30.
Reports are that the woman was driving her Mercedes Benz motor car along the roadway with her two sons, an adult and now-deceased child, aboard.
The Gleaner understands the woman came to a stop at the Lindsay Crescent and Dunrobin Avenue stoplight when men driving a motorcycle opened fire on the vehicle.
The woman and her child received gunshot wounds.
The child died at hospital while his mother is being treated.
- Andre Williams
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