Two charged for murder in Olympic Gardens

Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of two men on Olympic Way in Kingston 11 last October.

Leroy Burrell, 24, otherwise called, ‘Demar Minto’ and ‘Calibre’, a fisherman of no-fixed address, has been charged jointly with Lennox Williams, 34, otherwise called, ‘Skillfoot’ of Barbados Road, Kingston 11.

Reports from the Hunts Bay Police are that about 6:50 p.m., 47-year-old Andrew Clarke, otherwise called ‘Boom’, a businessman of Olympic Way, and 48-year-old Gilbert Wade, a labourer of Third Street in Kingston 12, were among a group of persons when gunmen approached and opened gunfire hitting them.

Clarke and Wade were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

Following investigations, Burrell and Williams were arrested and later charged with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.