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Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

A Clarendon businessman, who engaged two would-be robbers in a fire fight, was fatally shot at a pub in Sandy Bay in the parish yesterday.

A second patron of the bar, a 23-year-old chef, was also shot in the incident.

According to police reports, about 3:15 p.m. 63-year-old Derrick ‘Baller’ Mitchell was among patrons in the bar when two armed men entered and started making demands.

Mitchell, a licensed firearm holder who operated a business in Tollgate in the parish, engaged the men and a shoot-out ensued.

When the shooting ended Mitchell was seen with a gunshot wound to his chest while the other man was shot on his right index finger.

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They were taken to hospital where Mitchell was pronounced dead and the chef treated and released.

The police are continuing their search for the gunmen who escaped in a white Nissan Tiida motor car.

Mitchell’s firearm was recovered by the police.


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