ST CATHERINE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
Thirty-nine-year-old Jovemin Eubanks of Chelsea Lane, Old Harbour, St. Catherine, has been charged with Murder, Unauthorised Possession of Prohibited Weapon, Unauthorised Possession of Ammunition, and Using a Firearm to Commit a Felony following an incident in the parish on Wednesday, October 28.
Dead is 44-year-old Howard Hammond, otherwise called ‘Morrie’, a construction worker, of Portmore, St Catherine.
Reports from the Portmore Police are that at about 12:45 p.m., Hammond was standing at a garage along Braeton Main Road when Eubanks, who was allegedly armed with a handgun, opened fire, hitting him in the upper body. The police were summoned, and Hammond was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Eubanks was apprehended during an operation and subsequently charged following a question-and-answer session conducted in the presence of his attorney.
His court date is being finalised.
