Man stabbed to death in HWT

A man was fatally stab this morning following an altercation with another man in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew.

The incident reportedly occurred about 5:20 a.m. in the vicinity of the Portmore bus stop where Hagely Park road begins.

The deceased man died on arrival at the Kingston Public Hospital. 

Head of the St Andrew Central Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, confirmed that a knife was retrieved by the police from the scene following the incident.

"The other man is being sought and asked to turn himself in to the police immediately," Nesbeth said.

Motorists coming down Hope road or Constant Spring road into Half-Way-Tree are to expect delays as the police process the crime scene.

- Roxroy McLean

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