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Licensed firearm holder gunned down after leaving supermarket in Kingston

Published:Friday | April 4, 2025 | 6:52 PM
When The Gleaner arrived at the scene, onlookers, some of who knew Sutton, were in shock and praying for him to survive.
Andre Williams
When The Gleaner arrived at the scene, onlookers, some of who knew Sutton, were in shock and praying for him to survive.

The East Kingston police are probing the death of a licensed firearm holder on Thursday night along Antrim Road in Vineyard Town.

The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Alrick Sutton.

Reports are that about 7 p.m. Sutton went to a nearby supermarket to purchase eggs and while walking back to his car he was attacked and shot by gunmen.

He ran and collapsed along the roadway.

He was assisted to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

When The Gleaner arrived at the scene, onlookers, some of whom knew Sutton, were in shock and praying for him to survive.

As at March 29, the Kingston Eastern police recorded five murders, a 71 per cent decline when compared to 17 for the corresponding period last year.

- Andre Williams

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