Customer stabbed to death in bookstore

Portland recorded its ninth murder for the year following the stabbing of a man at a bookstore along Harbour Street in the capital Port Antonio shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday.

The deceased has been identified as Robert Grant, a resident of Harper's Lane in the parish. A police report is that about 4:05 p.m., Grant went into the bookstore to purchase items and was standing at the counter when he was attacked by a man. According to the police, Grant retaliated, and during a tussle between the men, Grant was allegedly stabbed multiple times and then fell.

Upon the arrival of the police, Grant was seen lying face down in a pool of blood. He was transported to the Port Antonio Hospital by the lawmen, but was pronounced dead on arrival. The other man is being sought by the police for questioning.

Superintendent Lloyd Darby, commanding officer for the Portland Police Division, is again appealing to residents to settle their disputes peaceably and to seek the intervention of the police before taking matters into their own hands.