Update | Wanted man captured in Kitson Town charged for 2021 fatal gun attack

The wanted man who was captured by the police in Kitson Town, St Catherine on Sunday has been charged with murder.

Forty-seven-year-old Gregory Ferguson, otherwise called ‘Ruff, a labourer of Cherry Tree Lane in Kitson Town, has been charged for the 2021 gunning down of 24-year-old Cody McLaughlin, a labourer of Duncans Pen in Spanish Town.

In addition to murder, Ferguson is also charged with illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

Reports from the Spanish Town police are that about 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 07, 2021, McLaughlin was at the aforementioned location when he was pounced upon by Ferguson armed with a firearm.

It is alleged that Ferguson opened gunfire, hitting him in the upper body before escaping on foot into the area.

McLaughlin was assisted to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

On Sunday, February 16, an intelligence-led operation was conducted in Kitson Town during which Ferguson was apprehended and a warrant was executed on him and he was formally charged.

A court date for him is being arranged.

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