SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine:
SEVERAL PERSONS wept openly after viewing the lifeless body of 25-year-old gardener, Dwayne Thomas, who was shot and killed yesterday afternoon, in Willowdene, St. Catherine.
Reports are that about 1:30 p.m., Mr. Thomas, affectionately known as Wayne, was cutting a lawn along Toronto Avenue in Willodene when he was reportedly approached by two men on foot.
Reports are that the men asked Mr. Thomas for money. When their demands were not met, one of the men brandished a hand gun and fired one shot, hitting him in the left upper region of his body. He died on the spot. His body was seen still clutching a machete when The Gleaner arrived on the scene.
As news of Thomas' death spread through the community, scores of curious onlookers converged. They said that he was a hardworking man. Some persons who viewed the body wept openly, even though they claimed they did not know the man.
The St. Catherine North Homicide is investigating the murder which brings to the number of homicides in the area to 216 since the start of the year.
- R.T.
