Security guard killed, man injured in New Kingston nightclub shooting

Chad Bryan, Gleaner Writer

Two persons were shot, one fatally and another injured, by unknown assailants inside the Escape Nightclub along Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston, this morning.

An eyewitness, whose vehicle had been shot at, said that a dispute had allegedly occurred inside the club between a female worker and the night manager.

The eyewitness further claimed that at some point the female worker left and returned with her boyfriend along with another man.

During the ensuing argument the night manager was shot and injured and the security guard killed.

The night manager was subsequently taken to hospital.

Head of MIT Superintendent Michael Phipps, who was present on the scene confirmed that there had been a dispute involving a worker at the club and that a security guard had been killed and the night manager shot and injured.

An investigation has now been launched into the incident.

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