Murder high

WITH FOUR MONTHS before the end of 2017, Barbados has already equalled the total murder tally for 2016.

Sunday night’s shooting death of 40-year-old Orwin Moore brought the number for the year to 22, with 18 coming by way of the gun.

Police said Moore was shot in Cane Vale Crescent, Christ Church, sometime after 8 p.m.

Investigations revealed that Moore, whose addresses were given as Water Street and Kendal Hill, both in Christ Church, drove his car to Cane Vale Crescent to visit a friend, whom he realised was not home. (AD)

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