Cabbie shot dead in Seaview Gardens

A taxi operator was killed and a woman injured following a shooting in the community of Seaview Gardens in St Andrew about 11 p.m. on Saturday.

The deceased has been identified as Dwayne Coke, of a Seaview Gardens address. It is reported that Coke and the woman were seated in his car when they were pounced upon by armed men. Shots were fired into the vehicle and both occupants were injured. Coke drove from Seaview Gardens but lost control of the vehicle and crashed along Marcus Garvey Drive. He succumbed to his injures while the woman was admitted in serious condition. The St Andrew South police are investigating.

Last Thursday, another cabbie, 61-year-old Paul 'Tony' Allen of a Genelle Avenue, St Jago West, Spanish Town, St Catherine, address was also shot and killed in his car on Red Sea Drive in Seaview Gardens.