Westmoreland triple murder victims identified
Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:05 PM
The Whithorn Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting of five persons, three of whom have succumbed to their injuries, in Williamsfield, Westmoreland on Monday.
The deceased have been identified by the police as 34-year-old Corey Parkins of Cascade, Hanover, 23-year-old Coran Birch of Woodsville, Hanover and 21-year-old Jahmar Warren of Grange district in Westmoreland.
The police say about 11:15 p.m. the men were among patrons at a bar located at a plaza in the parish when four armed men exited from a Toyota Voxy motor vehicle, entered the premises and opened gunfire.
The police were summoned and on their arrival the victims – three men and two women - were taken to hospital.
Parkins, Birch and Warren were pronounced dead while the women have been admitted.
Anyone with information that can assist the lawmen with their investigations is being asked to contact the Whithorn Police at 876-957-7713, police 119 emergency number, Crime Stop at 311 or the nearest police station.
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