May 03, 2025- Twenty-two-year-old Ackeem Frazer, otherwise called ‘Blacks’ of Ricketts Street and Spring Mount, Westmoreland, has been charged with Murder and Using a Firearm To Commit a Felony following an incident on Ricketts Street, Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, on Friday, March 22, 2024.
Dead is 34-year-old Mark Watson of Ricketts Street, Savanna-la-mar, Westmoreland.
Reports from the Savanna-La-Mar Police are that at about 8:20 p.m., Watson was walking along the roadway when he was pounced upon by Frazer, who brandished a firearm and opened gunfire at him before escaping the area on foot. The police were summoned, and on their arrival, Watson was seen with multiple gunshot wounds. He was assisted to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An investigation was launched, and Frazer was subsequently arrested during a targeted raid on Friday, May 2, 2025, in St James and was charged following a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.
His court date is being finalised.
