SEVEN PERSONS were murdered in Kingston during eight hours of mayhem in the capital between Tuesday evening and yesterday morning.
Five of the incidents took place in east Kingston and the others in central Kingston. Yesterday, police investigating the homicides said they had made no breakthrough.
Michael Ellis, deputy superin-tendent of police attached to the Kingston Eastern police division, said he believed four of the crimes, which were committed in Franklyn Town, are linked.
REPRISALS
He said the deaths of Arlene Sambas, her common-law husband Donovan Parkinson and Mark Pagon, may be reprisals for the murder of Alvin 'Massa Man' Richards.
The police said Richards, 22, was shot and killed by two gunmen at his home at St. Alban's Lane in Franklyn Town. That incident took place about 8:40 p.m.
At midnight, Sambas, 37, and 27-year-old Parkinson were killed at their home on Lower York Street. The couple had reportedly retired to bed when they were attacked and shot by six gunmen, who the police said entered their home through a side door.
Pagon, a tiler, was killed 10 minutes later by four gunmen who entered his Somerset Avenue home and shot him in the face. He died instantly.
SECURITY GUARD
The other homicide in east Kingston was that of Keith Robins, a 21-year-old security guard. The police said he was killed by a gunman at 8:30 p.m. as he walked along Paradise Street near Manley Meadows. No arrest has been made.
Lorene Brooks, 32, and Yvette Lewis, 40, were murdered in central Kingston yesterday. Both women were from Foster Lane.
The police said Brooks' body was found at Hanover Street after they were summoned to the area by residents who reported hearing gunshots at 3:00 a.m.
Leslie was killed at 6:45 a.m.
Superintendent Ivy Walker, head of the Kingston Central police division, said no motive has been established for the murders.
