The police have not yet been able to ascertain the identity of a man, who was captured on CCTV camera shooting and killing Runaway Bay businessman, Alfred Whorms.
Sixty-six-year-old Alfred Whorms was shot dead at his business place on Wednesday, January 18.
Head of the Area Two police, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Fitz Bailey explained that the police are hoping “in short order” to identify the person caught in the video shooting Whorms.
The video, which is circulating on social media, shows the man dressed in a safety hat and vest entering the business establishment.
At that time, Whorms was seen reading a newspaper.
The man is then seen looking on the ground and feeling his pants to suggest that he was searching for something.
Whorms stepped to suggest he was helping with the search, when the man pulled the firearm from his pocket and shot Whorms in his face. Whorms fell to the ground.
The man then shot the businessman at least two more times, before he (the gunman) ran from the scene.
Whorms was found sometime after 8 o’clock that morning at the Plumline Hardware, near Tamarind Tree, Runaway Bay, St Ann, which he opened last year. Mr Whorms lived on the upper floor of the building.
ACP Bailey said that the CCTV camera footage is being analyzed by the Communication Forensic and Cybercrime Unit (CFCU).
The Times reported last week that Whorms had a case of murder in court and that he was to appear this week in the St Ann Circuit Court. That case arose out of an incident in which he shot a man dead on his premises in the Alexandria area five years ago. Sources suggest the slaying was a reprisal for that shooting death.
Investigations in the case are ongoing.
