Tyre repairman shot dead in Spanish Town

The Spanish Town police have launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a tyre repairman in the vicinity of March Pen Road on Wednesday night. 

The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Dwight Edwards.

It is reported that about 9:10pm, residents heard explosions and summoned the police.

Upon arrival, the lawmen found Edwards' body along a roadway on a bicycle with gunshots wounds to the body.

He was transported to the Spanish Town Hospital,where he was pronounced dead.

No motive has been established for the killing.

- Rasbert Turner

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