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Cousins killed in Westmoreland shooting

Published:Saturday | April 2, 2022 | 2:21 PM
(From left) Henry Thompson, 35, and Jemario Fenton, 24, both of Big Bridge in the parish were shot dead shortly after 9:15 p.m.

Hopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer 

The Westmoreland police are probing last night's shooting deaths of two men at a bar in Big Bridge, Westmoreland.

Jemario Fenton, 24, and Henry Thompson, 35, both of Big Bridge in the parish were shot dead shortly after 9:15 p.m.

The men were among patrons at a bar when two men rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire hitting them multiple times before speeding away.

Thompson and Fenton were rushed to a hospital where they were pronounced dead.

This is the third double murder in Westmoreland in as many weeks. 

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