A St Ann youth out on bail for murder died in a hail of bullets in his community of Pimento Walk Ocho Rios where the double murder in which he was charged took place.
The Sunday morning, May 24, murder of Marcino “Knolly” Davisbrought to four the number of people to be killed in less than one week in St Ann.
The others were: MONDAY – Rod Fredrick Coley, 39, taxi operator of Stewart Town, St Mary, shot dead in his taxi near Beecher Town
- FRIDAY –Clinton Robison, 43, “Money Tree” of Steer Town, shot dead outside a shop in his community
- SATURDAY Nikazehree Gordon, 35, back up man of Philadelphia, St Ann, throat cut in a dispute at Brown’s Town bus park
- The police are theorizing that the Pimento Walk murder of Davis was gang related. There are conflicting reports about what happened. However the report that seemed to have the most currency was that Davis had just left a wake or “dead yard” in the community, about 3 o’clock and was on his way home when he was cornered by gunmen. He was shot several times and fell on the roadway. Several bullets were said to have been fired from close range, smashing through his upper body and limbs.
A large crowd gathered soon after at the murder scene, although the body remained on the ground for another two hours. Area residents told police that three or four strangers were seen sitting on a wall earlier that evening and they believe the men carried out the murder.
However police sources said the killers might well have come from the same community where gangs are operating and where Davis had fallen out with others over a recent killing.
THE DOUBLE MURDER
Bavis was on bail after being charged for June 1, 2014 double murder of two St Ann men who were operating a delivery truck in the Parry Town Pimento Walk area, near Ocho Rios.Those killed, — just a week short of a year when one of the accused perpetrators was himself killed — were 31-year-old Horace Hamilton also called Mickey, of Steer Town and his 39-year-old-employer Robert Blake of Lime Hall, both in St Ann. Blake who owned a wholesale store in St Ann’s Bay, took grocery and other goods to the Pimento Walk community and sold them from his truck on weekends.Hamilton who also worked for Blake at the wholesale was the sideman on the vehicle. They were attacked as the truck made its way down a steep incline in Pimento Walk. They were both shot multiple times, as the truck turned over and slid on its side several feet. Police said the attackers went on an embankment and fired into the cab of the vehicle several times to ensure the two men were killed. They were robbed of cash from the day’s sales.Davis,arrested and charged for murder, was on $500,000 bail. Police say he was involved in a killing in the community this year and was the man behind several violent incidents there.
Reports are that an attempt was made on Davis’ life ten days before his death, when men kicked down the door to his house but he was not at home.
