Gun violence has claimed the life of another over the weekend - this time a sixteen year old minor. According to reports, On Saturday morning around 4 o'clock, 16 year old Alexander Murray was in a vehicle along with his brother Alton and two other friends. Upon reaching the stoplight on Freetown Road Town Road, a vehicle pulled up beside them and opened fire. Today Seven News spoke with Police Press officer, Fitzroy Yearwood about the incident.
Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer
"CIB personnel visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital sometime around 4:15 a.m. on Saturday 24, July Where they saw brothers Alton and Alexander Murray suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Alexander had one to the head and Alton had one somewhere in the right elbow area. We know that Alexander succumb to his injuries sometime around 1:42 on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and Alton has been treated and release from the hospital. Initial investigations reveal that the bothers were travelling in a black Pontiac car with two other friends when on Freetown Road somewhere in the vicinity of the Cinderella Plaza area where a F-150 pick-up truck block them from going up Freetown and then an Astro van pull up behind them where a gunman open fire on their car apparently causing the injuries. Initially we had detained brothers Charles and Philip McKoy and Adrian Parades. Philip McKoy has been release and we have the other 2 detain hoping that they can help us in tis investigation."
Monica Bodden
"Is there a motive so far for the murder?"
Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer
"Well we haven't established a motive as yet."
So far police have two men detained as their investigation continues.
