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Biker, pregnant pillion murdered in Westmoreland

Published:Thursday | March 24, 2022 | 12:30 PM
Thirty-two-year-old Dwayne Anthony Robinson, otherwise called 'Wacky' a bike taxi operator of Whitehall in Negril, and 24-year-old Tascin Copeland, of Nompriel Road also in Negril, were killed around 11 p.m.

Hopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer 

A bike taxi operator and a four-months-pregnant pillion were shot and killed by armed men in Westmoreland last night.

Thirty-two-year-old Dwayne Anthony Robinson, otherwise called 'Wacky' a bike taxi operator of Whitehall in Negril, and 24-year-old Tascin Copeland, of Nompriel Road also in Negril, were killed around 11 p.m.

Robinson was driving his motorcycle taxi along Nompriel Road with Copeland as a pillion.

On reaching a section of the roadway, they were ambushed by armed men who opened fire hitting them both.

Robinson lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a building.

The police were summoned and upon arrival, both injured victims were rushed to the Savanna-la-Mar hospital, where they were pronounced dead. 

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