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The murder toll now stands at 194 following three murders yesterday morning, one of which was said to be a “case of mistaken identity.”
The incidents took place in Cocorite and Carenage.
In the first incident at about 1.30 am, gunmen went to a house at Freedom Street, Waterhole, Cocorite, where they killed two men who were said to be very close friends.
They were identified as Dwayne “Monkey” Mansano, 34 and Damian “Southie” Maingot, 36, who were found dead in a bed next to each other. Police said it is believed both men were made to sit on the bed by gunmen and then executed. One of the men lived on the upper floor of the two-storey house.
Police believe these killing are reprisals for two murders that occurred in the area last week.
Last Friday at about 7.35 am, Devon Gregoire, 35, was asleep at his Freedom Hill, Cocorite home when gunmen smashed in the louvres to his bedroom and shot him several times.
Police said then that they suspected Gregoire’s murder was linked to the murder of Charlton Williams, 39, who was shot and killed in Cocorite last Thursday night.
In the latest incidents, police believe the murders of Mansano and Maingot were connected to the others and also believe that “it seems as though gang members were fighting among themselves.”
However, a relative of Maingot, who wished not to be identified, said they had no evidence to support the police’s claim.
In the other incident in Carenage, Neil Williams, 28, and two other men were shot by occupants who pulled up in a vehicle at Prisco Junction, at the corner of Upper Haig and Abe Poujade Streets.
Williams and the other two were taken to hospital, but he died while undergoing treatment. The other two men were warded in stable conditions last night. But police said Williams was not the intended target of the gunmen, adding the fatal shooting was a “case of mistaken identity.”
On Monday night, six people were shot in Diego Martin. Two of them — Jabari Goodridge, 21, and Adrian ‘Blackie’ Charles, 39 - died.
Western Division police have since given the assurance that police patrols will be increased in Petit Valley, Diego Martin, Cocorite and Carenage.