‘Little Miss’ murdered day before starting nursing school

Kimberly 'Little Miss' Jones was looking forward to starting classes at Distinction College on Thursday. She recently completed a phlebotomy course at A1 Training Centre and was getting ready to take a shot at a nursing course.

On Wednesday evening, she ironed her blue and white uniform and placed them neatly on her bed. Her shoes and stockings were placed in the corner of her bedroom, an indication that the 31-year-old was looking to the future with enthusiasm.

However, in a cruel twist of fate, the Wild Street woman was denied the chance to actualise her dreams. She was murdered in her Franklin Town, eastern Kingston community hours after ironing her uniform.

According to police reports, minutes after 7 p.m., residents heard explosions and alerted the police. Upon the lawmen's arrival, Jones was seen lying in a pool of blood with what appeared to be gunshot wounds to her upper body. She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Persons who claimed to be eyewitnesses told THE WEEKEND STAR that 'Little Miss' was killed by a man who alighted from a motor car, brandished a gun and opened fire at her.

"The car come down the road slowly and a man just come out and start shoot har on rapid burst. Him just jump back in the car and the car drive off normal," one resident said.

Wild Street residents were stunned and teary-eyed when this newspaper visited the community on Thursday morning. One of 'Little Miss'' relatives struggled to come to grips with her killing.

With eyes almost swollen shut from crying, the relative described Little Miss as a jovial and ambitious individual who had her sights set on becoming a practical nurse. She recalled their final hours together on Wednesday.

"She get up normal and go get her youth dem ready fi go school and then she go on her phone a deal with her business because she lend loans. She buy her uniform and press them and then she take care of her youth dem when them come from school," the tearful relative said.

Like other members of the community, the relative, who played a key role in raising Little Miss after her mother died, struggled to come to terms with the killing.

"Mi feel like a mi pickney dead," the relative said, adding "We don't know weh dis a come offa or nutten because normally when she and anyone have nutten, she woulda cuss loud mek everyone hear."