A visitor from the United States was shot dead and another man injured while at a burial at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in Spanish Town, St Catherine this afternoon.
The dead woman has been identified as 57-year-old Shirnet Harmond from Brooklyn, New York. The injured man, who is 23, has been released from hospital.
Information reaching OBSERVER ONLINE indicates that around 3:00 pm, both persons were among patrons leaving a burial when they were pounced upon by a gunman.
They were rushed to hospital where Harmond was pronounced dead and the man treated and released.
No motive has been established for the attack, the police said.
– By David Dunkley
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