Manchester men arrested, charged following crime spree

Three men, who allegedly went on a crime spree that left two persons dead and two businesses robbed, have now been charged, the Manchester police confirmed. 

They are 24-year-old Alex Brown, otherwise called ‘Bines’, 26-year-old Oshane Reid, otherwise called ‘Bus Head’, and 25-year-old Tarrio Wright otherwise called ‘Alkaline’.

According to the police, about 10:00 p.m. on October 13, Brown, Reid, Wright and another man, all armed with handguns, started their rampage at a business on the Savoy main road.

They entered the establishment, held up the patrons, and robbed them of cash and other personal belongings.

Thirty-year-old Dwayne Carter otherwise called ‘Dunes’, a construction worker of Job Lane in Christiana, was shot dead when he resisted one of the attackers.

The gunmen then fled in a stolen motor vehicle.

Approximately 20 minutes later, the onslaught continued in Hudersfield district, where the men entered a second establishment, and again, robbed customers of cash and cellular phones after raining blows on them.

Thirty-three-year-old farmer Tafari Barrett, also known as ‘Fari’, was shot several times when he attempted to flee his attackers. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. 

Brown, Reid, and Wright were apprehended and taken into custody following an operation in Chudleigh on Wednesday, October 18.

They were charged after a number of stolen items were found in their possession and they were also recognised in an identification parade.

The charges are: murder, conspiracy to murder, robbery with aggravation, possession of prohibited weapon, using a prohibited weapon to commit a Felony and unlawful wounding.

Their court date has not been finalised.

The fourth man is still at large, and the police are appealing to him to turn himself into the nearest police station.

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