Shooting incident shocks Clarendon housing scheme

Bjorn Burke and Rasbert Turner, STAR Writers

Detectives from the Lionel Town Police Station are probing a deadly shooting that left three persons dead and one in hospital while they were at a housing scheme in the community.

According to the police, at approximately 9:30 p.m., residents at the Monymusk Housing Scheme, near Lionel Town in Clarendon, heard several explosions.

Subsequently, the lawmen were summoned to the scene. Upon their arrival, four persons were observed lying on the pavement. Three were pronounced dead, while the fourth was rushed to hospital for treatment.

Up to press time, the deceased persons were yet to be identified. A motive was also yet to be established as the investigations were "still very preliminary", lawmen said.