Lincoln Crescent stunned by triple murder

“Right now, mi heart a bleed.”

That was the gut-wrenching declaration by a close relative of 55-year-old Randolph McBean, one of three men slain in a drive-by shooting on Lincoln Crescent, Kingston, Friday night.

Residents of the community were huddled in small groups, quietly talking and furtively looking around Saturday.

McBean’s family and the community are in grief and confusion over the killing of the men and injuring of another, describing them as hard-working, respectable people.

The other men killed, according to the Constabulary Communication Network (CCU), are 41-year-old Donville Charlton and 38-year-old Barrington Phillips, a contractor who lived on Berwick Road, Kingston 13.

Another man was wounded by gunfire, but his injuries are not considered life-threatening.

The CCU reported that the men were among a group waiting to be served at a cookshop on Lincoln Crescent Friday night when about 7:21, gunmen travelling in a Mazda motor car stopped and sprayed them with bullets before escaping.

The police have not established a motive, but there is speculation by residents of the area that the murders may be a reprisal for the recent killing of a man and injuring of another from a neighbouring community.

McBean lived in England for a long time before being deported but was said to not be involved in any wrongdoing. On Monday, he observed the 13th anniversary of his father’s death.

By Saturday, dirt covered the blood where the men had fallen, and the utensils and pots stood in mute testimony to the tragedy of the night before.