Woman shot dead at church in Trelawny

Police investigators are now at the Agape Christian Fellowship in Falmouth, Trelawny where a woman was shot dead a short while ago.

Loud screams halted the worship service as a gunman opened fire hitting the woman, identified as Andrea Lowe-Garwood, an employee at the National Commercial Bank in Montego Bay, St James. The service was being broadcast live on Facebook. 

Reports from the police are that about 10:30 a.m, Lowe Garwood, 50, was among other members of the congregation when a man entered the place of Worship.

The man reported brandished a handgun and opened fire hitting Lowe-Garwood multiple times before running from the church and escaping in a motor vehicle.

The other church members had to run from the building to escape being shot.

Investigations are ongoing.

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