7-y-o boy among eight killed in Clarendon mass shooting

A one-year-old boy and his seven-year old brother were among the 18 people shot in a bloody massacre in Cherry Tree Lane, Four Paths, Clarendon on Sunday. 

The seven-year-old boy and seven others were killed in the tragedy. He has been identified as Aiden Bartley, a student at Four Paths Primary and Infant School.

The other deceased are:

•27-year-old Kavel Daley, a therapist;

• 50-year-old construction worker Lawrence Francis;

•20-year-old Diamond Bennett, a cashier;

• 58-year-old butcher, Errol Stewart, also known as 'Wagga'; 

•32-year-old Jermaine Boothe, also known as 'Blacks' ;

•Courtney Messam, also known as 'Dummbie'; 

• and a woman identified as Margaret.

They are all of Cherry Tree Lane addresses

The one-year-old boy and a 70-year-old woman are among 10 hospitalised after the bloodletting that unfolded at a bingo party.

The police say a white Toyota Axio drove up to a bar where the party was being held, and three men alighted from the vehicle armed with rifles and handguns, and opened fire on the patrons.

When the shooting subsided, seven-year-old Aiden and three others were pronounced dead at the scene, and two others pronounced dead at hospital. 

The police say the gunmen then drove off in the direction of the May Pen bypass and on reaching another section of Cherry Tree Lane, they stopped at another gathering where two men exited the vehicle and opened gunfire at another group before escaping in the waiting vehicle. 

After the second shooting incident subsided, it was discovered that two men died on the spot, making it eight fatalities.

The injured victims are said to be in serious condition. 

- Olivia Brown

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