Popular Restaurant Operator Slain At Home
A businessman was shot dead at his home in St Ann’s Bay early Sunday morning, June 18.
Dead is 41-year-old Andrew Robin Dawkins of Lot 41 Gully Road St Ann’s Bay, St Ann. Mr Dawkins was robbed of his wallet and his licensed firearm stolen.
Mr Dawkins operated Big Food & Grill restaurant, popularly known as Red Truck on Main Street, close to Courts Furniture Store in St Ann’s Bay
Reports are that Mr Dawkins arrived home shortly after 12:30 Sunday morning and went to the back of the premises to see to his chickens when gunshots were heard.
The police were called and upon their arrival, Dawkins was seen, with what appeared to be gunshot wounds to the upper body, in a pool of blood.
His pockets were turned out and his wallet, containing bank cards and personal effects, was missing as was his licensed firearm. He was pronounced dead at the nearby St Ann’s Bay Hospital.
The St Ann’s Bay CIB is investigating.
Just last month a couple, one of them a businessman, was murdered also on Gully Road in St Ann’s Bay.
C Hall
