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Man killed near canal in Spanish Town

Published:Monday | January 24, 2022 | 4:55 PM
The man’s body was found on a dirt track near a canal with multiple gunshot wounds. -File photo.

A man was shot and killed in Eltham Phase 3 in Spanish Town, St Catherine this afternoon.

He is yet to be identified.

It is reported that about 1:00 p.m. residents heard explosions in the vicinity of a National Water Commission pump station in the community and called the police.

Upon their arrival, the man's body was found on a dirt track near a canal with multiple gunshot wounds.

The body was removed to the morgue.

- Rasbert Turner

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