21-y-o male charged with cabbie’s murder

Kevin Brown, otherwise called 'Bams', 'Bam Bam', and 'Bama T', 21, of Trinidad Road, Kingston 11, has been charged with the murder of Anthony Wilson, otherwise called 'Skippa' and 'Skip', taxi operator of Kew Road and Richmond Park, Kingston 10.

Reports are that on December 19, 2023, Brown and an accomplice chartered the services of Wilson, through a transportation application, to pick up a female passenger from Greenwich Road, Kingston 13. Upon arrival in the area, Brown and his accomplice, armed with firearms, boarded Wilson's vehicle and forced him to drive to Nanse Drive. During the incident, the perpetrators robbed Wilson of his iPhone. Brown allegedly ordered Wilson to exit the vehicle, and when he resisted, he was dragged from the car and subsequently shot dead. The assailants fled the scene in Wilson's white Nissan AD Expert motor car, which was later found on Barbados Road.

Investigations led to Brown's arrest and charge following an interview in the presence of his attorney on Saturday. In addition to murder, he has also been charged with conspiracy to murder, robbery with aggravation, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition, and using a prohibited weapon to commit a felony.