Man killed in Sligoville

Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer

There was a traffic pile-up along the Sligoville Main Road in St. Catherine yesterday evening, after a man was murdered along the thoroughfare.

It is reported that Mathew Grant, a 24-year-old labourer of Waterloo District in Spanish Town, St Catherine was shot and killed by unknown assailants.

Residents of Mount Moreland report hearing explosions about 7 o’clock and when checks were made Grant was found injured.

The police later confirmed that he had been shot.

A section of the roadway was cordoned off as the police gathered evidence.

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