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Teenager shot and killed in Portmore

Published:Thursday | February 16, 2023 | 8:50 AM
He was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital where he was pronounced dead. - File photo

The Waterford police in Portmore, St Catherine, are searching for the killer of a 19-year-old resident on Wednesday night.

The deceased has been identified as Tyrese Durhur, otherwise called 'African', unemployed, of Laburnum Crescent, Portsmouth, St Catherine.

According to reports, about 8:30 p.m., Durhur was standing on the road conversing with others, when a silver Toyota Fielder motor car drove up.

Shots were fired from the vehicle, hitting Durhur repeatedly. 

He was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

-Rasbert Turner

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