‘RUFUS’ CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF MURDER
Thirty-three-year-old Orlando Grant, otherwise called ‘Rufus’ of Grants Pen Road, Kingston, and Vermont Avenue, Havendale, Kingston, is facing multiple charges following the shooting death of three persons in the parish on Friday, April 1, 2022.
Grant has been charged with (3 counts) Murder, Possession of prohibited weapon and Unauthorized Possession of Ammunitions.
Reports are that at about 5:54 p.m., a group of persons was sitting on Morgan’s Lane when armed men travelling in a motor car stopped and exited the vehicle. The men brandished firearms and opened gunfire at the crowd, injuring multiple persons, before escaping the area in the said motor car. The police were summoned, and on arrival, several persons were seen with multiple gunshot wounds. They were assisted to the hospital, where three persons were pronounced dead.
Dead are;
42-year-old Joseph Smith otherwise called ‘Joe’ of Morgan’s Lane, Kingston,
44-year-old Bamsha Miller of Morgan’s Lane, Kingston,
39-year-old Kevin Eddie, otherwise called ‘Bummer’ of Seaview Gardens, Kingston
On Monday, 21 April 2025, Grant was arrested during a targeted raid. He was later charged on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, after a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.
His court date is being finalised.
