Recent Gun attack: Two Jamaicans Are Dead and Another Robbed. The Criminal Investigations Branch in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica, is investigating the gun-related murder of a 23-year-old street vendor. Law enforcement said the recent gun attack occurred on Tuesday night, June 3, 2025.
Investigators identified the victim as Barrington Watson, also known as “Baffu,” from Buckfield, Ocho Rios in St. Ann.
According to the police report, at around 10:30 p.m., Watson was at home when an unknown assailant attacked him, shooting and injuring him.
Neighbors transported him to the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, where the authorities pronounced him dead.
The police have yet to prove a motive for the recent gun attack
Recent gun attack in Kingston claimed the life of a 24-year-old man
Detectives from the Kingston Western police division in Jamaica are investigating a fatal gun attack. The victim was a 24-year-old man named Chaevon Peters. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, June 3, 2025.
Peters, an unemployed, resident of Greenwich Park Road, Kingston, was shot at approximately 9:20 p.m. while he was on the roadway known as ‘Havana.’ .
Residents transported Peters to the Kingston Public Hospital, where the authorities pronounced him dead.
The police have yet to prove a motive for the deadly gun attack.
The Denham Town Criminal Investigations Branch is probing the matter.
Teen arrested for armed robbery in St Andrew
On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, police from the St. Andrew Central Police Division in Jamaica charged a teenage boy with armed robbery. The police reported that the teen allegedly committed the robbery on March 12, 2025, along Chatham Avenue in St. Andrew.
The teen’s identity was withheld. Authorities stated he faces multiple charges. These charges include robbery with aggravation, possession of a prohibited weapon, and unauthorized possession of ammunition.
According to the Half-Way-Tree police, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the complainant was walking along Chatham Avenue. A teen, riding a motorcycle with a pillion passenger, stopped him. The teen brandished a firearm and demanded the complainant’s cell phone.
In fear for his life, the complainant handed over the phone. The teen then fled the scene on the motorcycle.
Afterward, the complainant went to the police station to file a report. Detectives launched an investigation into the recent gun attack and then arrested the accused during an operation.
The teen was charged after a question-and-answer session with detectives. This session took place in the presence of his attorney on Tuesday, June 3.
His court appearance date is pending.