WESTMORELAND LABOURER CHARGED WITH 2025 MURDER
Twenty-two-year-old Lashawn Warren, a labourer of Geneva District, Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has been charged with Murder and Using a Firearm to Commit a Scheduled Offence in connection with an incident in his community on Monday, February 10, 2025.
The deceased is 58-year-old Donovan Smith, otherwise called ‘Zubba’, of Alma District, Grange Hill, Westmoreland.
Reports from the Savanna-la-Mar Police indicate that at about 7:45 p.m., residents heard explosions in the community and alerted the police. Upon the arrival of the police, Smith was found lying on his back in a vegetated area of the community. He was assisted to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigations led to Warren being identified as a suspect, and a warrant was prepared based on the evidence gathered against him.
On Sunday, October 4, 2026, police conducted an operation in his community and executed the warrant. Warren was taken into custody and formally charged.
His court date is being finalised.
