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Man gunned down in Negril, Westmoreland

Published:Sunday | July 13, 2025 | 3:13 PM
File photo.
File photo.

A man was shot and killed in an area known as Little Haiti in Negril, Westmoreland, last night.

Dead is Kemar Evans Williams, otherwise called 'Emperor', a mason of Nompriel Road in Negril.

Reports are that around 11 o'clock, Williams went to a shop in the informal community when he was pounced upon and shot by unknown assailant(s).

He was assisted to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No motive has been established for the murder.

The Negril Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the killing.

- Rasbert Turner

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