18-year-old charged with murder over fatal domino game stabbing
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Eighteen-year-old Oneil Thompson, otherwise called ‘Pretty Puss’, has been charged with fatally stabbing another man during a fight at a domino game.
Thompson, of New Haven, Kingston 20, is charged with murder and being armed with an offensive weapon.
His court date is being finalised.
The police say the incident happened on the night of Monday, August 31.
The deceased has been identified as 29-year-old Christopher Wray, otherwise called ‘TunkuMan’, a labourer of Riverside Drive, Kingston 20.
Reports from the Duhaney Park police are that Thompson and Wray were playing dominoes when an argument developed between them.
The police say the argument reportedly became physical, during which Thompson allegedly used a knife to stab Wray in the upper body.
Wray was assisted to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Thompson reportedly fled the area following the incident.
He was later apprehended on Wednesday, September 2.
He was formally charged with the offences after a question-and-answer session.
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