Jamaica News, January 19, 2018
St. Catherine, Jamaica (Mckoy’s News) – on Tuesday of this week, a woman was shot dead outside the Burke Road bus park in Spanish Town, she is said to be a fruit vendor in the bus park arcade.
Police reports are that the woman was shot and killed on Burke Road in the area of the Tastee Patty restaurant.
Reports are that at about 11:00 am the woman was standing outside of the bus park near Tastee, when she was shot and killed by unknown assailants.
According to police, Burke road has been the target of gun violence, with various shooting incidents outside of the bus park and in the bus park.
The shootings, authorities say are related to gang territory rivals, which has claimed several lives in and outside the bus park.
In September of last year, Mckoy’s News covered a major shooting at the said bus park which left 5 persons shot.
This shooting included random persons from several areas in the parish of St Catherine.