Source- Real News Antigua: A 22-year-old Yorks Village man was stabbed to death on Tuesday night, February 13, and the alleged offender is being sought by the Police. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE WHATS APP GROUP
The dead man, according to police reports, has been identified as Jamal Ryner.
Allegations are that he and a Villa man were involved in an altercation, during which Ryner was stabbed in the chest with asharp implement.
The alleged perpetrator then fled the scene on a bicycle.
The youth was pronounced dead on the scene by District Doctor Helen Scotland at 9:56 p.m.; and, upon the request of the family, Coroner Dexter Wason gave permission for the body to be removed to Straffies Funeral Home.
Reportedly, the killing occurred on Rowan Henry Street in the vicinity of the H.L. Benjamin Woodworking Shop at about 8:30 p.m.
According to reports, the Police received a report of the stabbing from a 911 emergency operator, and officers from the Criminal Investigations Department; the Serious Crimes Unit; and the Fingerprint and Evidence Recovery Unit (FERU) were quicklydispatched to the scene.
They met the body of the deceased on its stomach on the southern side of the road.
Persons who were on the scene say that the young man’s family members took his death very badly and were in floods of tears.
Earlier reports say the Police conducted a search for the Villa man, the alleged perpetrator, on Tuesday night, but without success.
Accordingly, he is being encouraged to turn himself in at the nearestpolice station.
Anyone with information that could assist with the investigation into the country’s second homicide of 2024 is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at 462-3913.
Antigua and Barbuda’s first murder occurred on Sunday, January 7, and involved Kieron “Cracker” Hutson, 24, who was also a Yorks resident.
He was shot to death while attending a function on Christian Street, Grays Farm.
Although the Police claimed to know who committed that murder, the person is yet to be taken into custody.
Further, according to the Police, media reports alleged that Hutson’s murder was a revenge killing and the perpetrator is targeting another person before he decides to give himself up. That individual, reportedly, is under careful police watch.
There were 10 homicides recorded in 2023.CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE WHATS APP GROUP
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