Shooting death in Long Gap

A ST MICHAEL FAMILY is this morning mourning the death of a loved one after a young man was shot and killed.

Dead is 24-year-old Jermaine Williams of Eagle Hall.

Police are currently on the scene at Long Gap in the same parish, where Williams was believed to have received several shots about his body in the wee hours this morning before he died on the spot.

Many relatives and friends openly cried and comforted each other as they flocked to various vantage points to view the body, which was in the middle of the road.

Residents told NATION Online Williams was among scores at a party in the district when gunshots rang out around 5 a.m. They said the crowd dispersed but when they returned, they saw Williams’ body lying in a pool of blood.

Several residents also reported another man was shot and taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, but this has not been verified.

Police investigations are continuing. (SDB Media)