Francine Black, Staff ReporterTHE SMALL community of Shervington in Gordon Town yesterday became the scene of the second triple murder to occur since the start of the year, when three persons were killed by gunmen early Thursday morning.
Twenty-year-old Kimone Simpson, her nine-year-old brother Tevin Parchment, and her 24-year-old boyfriend Richard Miller, all from Mud Town, Papine, St. Andrew, were gunned down at their home.
According to the Gordon Town Police, at about 1:30 a.m., gunmen burst in through the back door and started shooting at the occupants.
Simpson, the police theorised, tried to make an escape by jumping through the window. She was, however, chased and shot six times in the back. Both Parchment and Miller were shot in the head, with Miller succumbing to his injuries on the way to a hospital.
The Gleaner understands that Simpson and her family had gone to Shervington to stay with relatives after they were threatened by gunmen who referred to them as 'informers'. The three had previously lived with Simpson's mother in Mud Town, but after being threatened, they had fled to Shervington only a few days ago.
The house where the gruesome murder occurred was deserted when The Gleaner visited. The scene was littered with broken glass, blood-stained dirt, a white rag soaked with blood and a bath pan with bloodstains. This was all that told the tale of the murders which had occurred hours earlier.
According to one resident who heard the shots, she was too afraid to come out after it happened. "Mi hear three shots but mi only hear the last of it because of how much shot dem seh di whole a dem get, a must more than 10 did fire," she said.
The resident added that although it was a frightening experience, she does not expect the gunmen to return. "Dem (gunmen) get who dem come faah," she said.
